EP0788641A1 - Procede de realisation d'une transaction entre un usager disposant d'un terminal et un serveur - Google Patents
Procede de realisation d'une transaction entre un usager disposant d'un terminal et un serveurInfo
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- EP0788641A1 EP0788641A1 EP95936625A EP95936625A EP0788641A1 EP 0788641 A1 EP0788641 A1 EP 0788641A1 EP 95936625 A EP95936625 A EP 95936625A EP 95936625 A EP95936625 A EP 95936625A EP 0788641 A1 EP0788641 A1 EP 0788641A1
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- user
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- terminal
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
- G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
- G07F7/10—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means together with a coded signal, e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
- G07F7/1008—Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M17/00—Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
- H04M17/02—Coin-freed or check-freed systems, e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths
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- the invention relates to a method of carrying out a telephone transaction between a user having a terminal and a server.
- a communication is established between a terminal and the server when the telephone exchange has identified the terminal (by its number which defines its hardware connection and represents an account) in order to be able to debit the cost of communication from the terminal account, that is to say from the subscriber.
- the cost of the communication is debited from the server account ("toll free").
- a user with a memory card can call from a public station, and, according to the information read on the memory card, the exchange debits an account opened for the user identified by the card with memory.
- US-A-4,933,966 relates to a credit card verification system when establishing long distance connections. It does not concern any transmission of identification data to a server after the establishment of the connection.
- the document EP-A-0 494 530 relates to a system in which a switch makes connections to various servers based on information from credit cards or an authorization code issued as a function of data transmitted by a user. Billing is provided by the company that manages the switch. No identification data is transmitted to the server.
- French Patent No. 2,596,598 describes a very flexible system in which a PABX performs filtering operations by keeping authorized communication tables: the PABX enables communications to be established either as a function of data relating to a terminal , either function of data relating to a user and which is carried by an information medium (badge, memory card, etc.).
- the operations for determining the account to be debited (terminal, user, server) or for authorizing communication are independent of the server to which the terminal must be connected after communication has been established. More precisely, when a communication has been established between a terminal and a server in any of the preceding systems, the server either exchanges information with the terminal without knowing the identity of its interlocutor (terminal or usa ⁇ ger), or first executes a session intended to determine whether the terminal or the user participating in the transaction is actually authorized to exchange information with the server. For example, in the case where a customer of a bank communicates with the server of this bank, this server identifies the user concerned because he enters information allowing the server to identify his interlocutor (access code) .
- the exchange of information between the terminal and the server first requires the establishment of a communication, under the authority of a central and / or a private branch exchange, then, when the communication has been established, a session in which the server requests from the user information (access code) indicating to the server that the user is actually authorized to carry out a transaction with the server.
- the overall process therefore comprises two operations for determining the identification of the terminal or of the user participating in the transaction, first for establishing the communication (determining an account to be debited), then for validation. exchanging information with the server (determining an account number, an access code, etc.).
- the subject of the invention is a system in which these operations for identifying a terminal or a user are carried out only once. More specifically, it relates to a system in which a telephone exchange and / or a private branch exchange, after having determined that the identification information actually allows the establishment of the call, transmit the necessary information to the server after this establishment, so that the session identification of the terminal or user by the server is superfluous.
- the invention relates to a method of carrying out a transaction between a user having a terminal and a server whose service depends on the identity of the user, the method being of the type which comprises the step communication between the user having a terminal and the server, via a public or private automatic exchange, and the transmission to the server of identification data relating to the user, and in which the establishment of the communication is carried out in a conventional manner by transmission by the user of a message allowing the determination of the server with which the transaction must be carried out;
- the transmission of the identification data is carried out in two stages, a first stage prior to the establishment of the communication and in which the data are read on an information medium placed by the user in the terminal at its disposal, and a second step after the establishment of the communication and in which identification data are transmitted by the auto-switch to the server.
- the information medium introduced by the user into the terminal available to him carries the identification data relating to the user, and this data is subsequently transmitted by the automatic branch exchange to the server.
- the information carrier that the user enters into the terminal at his disposal includes a number, and the identification data relating to the user are determined in the automatic branch exchange from the number read on the information carrier.
- the automatic branch exchange includes a private automatic branch exchange and a public exchange, it is preferably the private automatic branch exchange which determines the identification data of the user.
- the monetary data relate to a user account held by the PABX.
- the invention also relates to a voice server intended for the implementation of the above method and for executing at least one messaging function whose recipient must be identified before the transmission of messages.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the operations carried out during the implementation of a method according to the invention
- Figure 2 is a variant of the end of the operations of the method shown in Figure 1
- FIG. 3 represents a variant implementation of the method according to the invention.
- the identification data relating to a user are obtained by reading an information medium (badge, memory card, etc.) that a user introduces into a reader. This is either incorporated into the telephone terminal used by the user, or placed close to it.
- an information medium badge, memory card, etc.
- Such a system is described, for example, in French patent application No. 2,596,598. It has the advantage of giving great safety in use, especially in premises frequented by several people.
- the invention can also be implemented with a simple telephone terminal without a reader of such a medium. of information.
- the identification data relating to the user referred to in this memo are either the subscriber number to which the terminal corresponds, or identification data associated with this subscriber number in the PABX (private or public exchange) used for communication establishment.
- the invention can also be implemented with any wired or non-wired telephone terminal (radio-electric, infrared, etc.), for example with radiotelephone, in particular digital stations such as GSM.
- the identification data relating to the user in question are either complete identification data of the user, or partial data not comprising the whole of his identity.
- step A1 the user picks up the telephone handset of the terminal used, then introduces his information medium into the reader; in a variant, it introduces the information medium before going off-hook.
- step A2 the automatic switch detects that the user has lifted the handset and identifies it. This identification can possibly be carried out or supplemented by exchange of information between the automatic branch exchange and the terminal. The PABX then has identification data relating to the user.
- step A3 the user, by pressing the terminal keys, transmits a communication request message, comprising for example the number of the server to which the user wants to have access. In one example, it is assumed that the user requests communication with the server of his electricity supply company.
- step A4 the automatic branch exchange sets up the communication
- step A5 corresponds to verification of the establishment of communication by exchanging suitable communication data between the PABX and the server.
- step A6 the automatic exchange transfers to the server, according to the method of the invention, identification data relating to the user.
- identification data are either those which were obtained in step A2, or data derived from these identification data, or both data of these two types.
- step A7 possibly after the server has acknowledged receipt of these data, the transaction takes place between the user and the server. When the transaction is finished, the communication is interrupted in a conventional manner.
- the server is that of the user's electricity supply company
- the server knows the user with whom it is in communication, and can communicate the data relating to its account to it. As the user has been identified, the server can for example order an automatic debit of an invoice if the user gives him the order during the transaction.
- FIG. 2 represents a variant of the preceding process.
- step A6 ′ which replaces step A6, the automatic exchange not only transmits identification data relating to the user, but also adds monetary data, for example an account balance.
- step A7 ' not only is the transaction carried out with the user, as in the case of FIG. 1, but also, at the end of the transaction, in step A8', the server transmits other monetary data to the PABX and the PABX takes into account this new monetary data. For example, when the PABX has transmitted the balance of an account to the server, the server can send the PABX a new balance, reduced or increased by the amount of the transaction made.
- FIG. 3 represents another form of the method illustrated by FIG. 1.
- the automatic exchange of FIG. 1 is replaced by a private automatic exchange and a public exchange.
- Step B1 is identical to step A1, that is to say that the user picks up and introduces his information medium.
- step B2 analogous to step A2, the private branch exchange takes the line and determines the identification data relating to the user.
- Step B3 is identical to step A3, the user transmitting his message designating the server with which he wants to execute a transaction.
- step B4 the private branch exchange establishes communication with the exchange, but it can also filter the communication, that is to say that it can refuse access to certain servers.
- step B4 ' the central office checks that the requested service is indeed offered and establishes communication.
- Steps B4 and B4 'therefore correspond to step A4.
- Step B5, analogous to step A5, ensures the verification of the communication with the exchange.
- the server is in communication with the private branch exchange so that, in step B6, the private branch exchange can transmit to the server the identification data relating to the user which it has obtained in step B2. At this time, the transaction can take place between the user and the server, in step B7 which corresponds to step A7.
- FIG. 2 can also be applied to the process illustrated in FIG. 3.
- the preceding embodiments are particularly advantageous in the context of the process and of the installation objects of French patent n ° 2,596,598.
- the present invention further extends the scope of the method and the installation of this aforementioned document by simplifying and accelerating the communications established with very diverse types of servers.
- Such a system is particularly interesting because it allows the centralization of a very large number of services, either simply within a company (the automatic branch exchange is a private automatic branch exchange), or via the telephone network. public.
- the second step of transmitting the identification data constitutes the only validation of the identification data which the server must have for the transaction
- a validation of known type entity of an access code, etc.
- the security of the transaction is considerably increased, and the possibilities of diversion by malicious third parties are practically nil. Indeed, such a third party must not only have the information medium (which can be found or stolen), but also knowledge of the access codes.
- the process of the invention has been described in the context of establishing a communication, it should be noted that this operation does not necessarily correspond to a physical connection. Indeed, in digital or other networks, the physical connection can be established almost permanently, by a channel which remains connected (for example channel D of the ISDN network).
- identification data relate to the user, that is to say come from the badge
- these data may include a dependent part of the installation, for example of the physical number of the line, in particular in the case of the implementation of advanced telephone functions in cooperation with the invention (example of call tracking).
- a particularly interesting application of the invention relates to transactions carried out with a voice server. Indeed, it is very useful that the server vocal knows his interlocutor, for example to give him the contents of a mailbox in a messaging function. It is obvious that the server must know his interlocutor to give him the only messages concerning him.
- the other functions of the voice server also take advantage of this knowledge of the user obtained by implementing the invention. For example, the user can transmit to the server data or messages intended for other users and which are only valid for a certain time, for example indicated by this user. The erasure of these data or messages can be carried out either automatically at the end of this time, or only if the first user confirms this deletion at the end of this time. For this confirmation function, it is essential that the server is assured of the identity of the initial user.
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FR9412992A FR2726418B1 (fr) | 1994-10-28 | 1994-10-28 | Procede de realisation d'une transaction entre un usager disposant d'un terminal et un serveur |
PCT/FR1995/001431 WO1996013815A1 (fr) | 1994-10-28 | 1995-10-30 | Procede de realisation d'une transaction entre un usager disposant d'un terminal et un serveur |
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