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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a code to a user in which the user transmits his or her financial account identifier information to a code allocation unit 3, the code allocation unit 3 transfers an amount of money to the financial institution 5 specified by the user and/or transfers an amount of money from the financial institution 5 specified by the user, thereby submitting the account identifier information and the code to be transmitted as additional information with this transfer and/or this debit, and the financial institution 5 forwards a receipt for the transfer and/or debit together with the additional information to the user.
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- This application is a Continuation of U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 13/615,056, filed Sep. 13, 2012, Issued Dec. 3, 2013, U.S. Pat. No. 8,600,878, which us a Continuation of U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 13/236,304, filed Sep. 19, 2011, Issued Oct. 30, 2012, U.S. Pat. No. 8,301,556, which is a Continuation of U.S. Utility patent application Ser. No. 10/018,237, filed Jun. 24, 2002, Issued Sep. 20, 2011, U.S. Pat. No. 8,024,260, which is a U.S. National Stage Filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 from International Patent Application No. PCT/EP00/05359, filed Jun. 9, 2000, and published as WO 00/77754 A1 on Dec. 21, 2000, which in turn claims the priority benefit of German Application Serial No. 199 26 472.4, filed Oct. 6, 1999, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
- The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a code to a user.
- Traditionally, companies offering services or selling goods are used to issuing personal codes to users who intend to buy or use the goods or services in order to facilitate identification of the users with the company. Furthermore, financial institutions, for example, are used to issuing personal identification numbers (PINs) to their customers to enable them to withdraw money from ATMs, conduct financial transactions, standing orders or use other services through a computer. Whenever a user initiates the first contact to such a company there is the problem of transmitting the personal code to him or her securely with minimal expense. Traditionally, personal codes will be handed over personally or sent by mail. Although both transmission methods are relatively secure, the expense associated with it is relatively high. It is either necessary to prepare a special tamper-proof letter, thereby ensuring that no third party cart get information about the code without opening the letter, or the user has to show up in person with a company representative and submit a means of identification, for example his passport, in order to have his or her identity checked. Furthermore, companies, especially those offering online services, are used to transmitting personal codes via e-mail. Although this transmission method is very simple, it is also very insecure.
- Once a personal code has been transmitted to a user, there is the additional problem of how to conduct future payment transactions with the user when he or she is buying or using the company's goods or services. The so-called direct debit method has been proven to be especially advantageous for conducting payment transactions. With this method, the user agrees in advance to have amounts of money transferred from his or her bank corresponding to the goods or services bought or used, thereby eliminating the need to explicitly confirm every single transaction in the future. With this method, the company submits the user's financial account identifier and the amount to be transferred to the user's financial institution. This can be especially simply effected by an electronic storage media, for example a diskette, or by an online remote data connection. The financial institution verifies the financial account identifier information and, after positive verification, transfers the respective amount of money from the user's account to the company's account. For the company conducting this direct debit method, there is the problem of guaranteeing that all data submitted to the financial institution are correct. For example, if the financial account identifier information cannot be assigned to a valid bank account, the financial institution will reject the transaction and levy relatively high charges to the company. Consequently, with new users, there is the added problem of verifying financial account identifier information along with transmitting personal codes in order to prevent problems with future payment transactions. Such a verification is very expensive and difficult, especially for a company that neither has personal contact with a new user nor, for example, any means of physically checking his or her credit card or ATM card at least shortly. Consequently, companies are used to omitting verification of financial account identifier information provided by new users, thereby disadvantageously incurring the risk of fraud and invalid transactions.
- It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a method for transmitting a code to a user which is secure, causes minimal expense and, therefore, costs associated with the transmission, and additionally provides a means for verifying financial account identifier information provided by the user.
- This object is accomplished by the method according to claim 1, whereby advantageous modifications can be seen from the dependent claims.
- According to the invention, the user transmits his or her financial account identifier information to a code allocation unit. Said code allocation unit transfers an amount of money to the financial institution specified by the user and/or transfers an amount of money from the financial institution specified by the user, thereby submitting the account identifier information and the code to be transmitted as additional information with this transfer and/or this debit. After having executed the transfer and/or the debit, the financial institution forwards a receipt for the transfer and/or debit together with the additional information to the user.
- Advantageously, the invention provides a very secure transmission method. The secrecy of the transmission channel is guaranteed by the financial institution, as transaction details of the transferor debit will not be divulged to any person outside a select group of confidential staff and, furthermore, only the legitimate user has access to his or her transfer or debit transaction receipts.
- Furthermore, the method according to the invention provides a proof that the code has been transmitted to the account specified by the financial account identifier information through the additional information with the transfer or debit. The financial institution thus acts as an independent third party confirming the transaction. Consequently, the user will later not be able to repudiate having received the code. Thus, the transmission method according to the invention is almost equivalent to a registered letter, but less expensive and causes less effort.
- In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, a verification unit of the financial institution, prior to executing the transfer and/or debit verifies the transfer and/or debit, data submitted by the allocation unit as to whether they can be assigned to a valid financial account of the user. In the case of a positive verification, the financial institution executes the transfer and/or debit initiated by the allocation unit. This measure ensures that the transfer and/or debit will not be executed unless there is a valid account of the user with the financial institution. For example, if his or her account is temporarily closed or non-existent, an invalid transaction can be avoided. Consequently, the method according to the invention obviates the need for separately verifying financial account identifier information or incurring future costs associated with invalid direct debit transactions.
- Advantageously, in the case the verification of the financial account identifier information is negative, the verification unit of the financial institution transmits this result to the code allocation unit. In the code allocation unit, it can thus be decided whether to refrain from issuing a personal code to the user but rather contact him or her through another communication channel, if necessary.
- Advantageously, the user furthermore submits identification data to the code allocation unit. These identification data are being submitted together with the account identifier information when initiating the transfer and/or debit. The verification unit verifies the identification data in combination with the account identifier information. Thus, not only the principal validity of the account identifier information can be verified, but also whether the account identifier information matches the specified user.
- The transmission of the identification data and/or financial account identifier information of the user, the money transfer and/or debit and/or the transmission of the transferor debit transaction receipt can advantageously be effected by a remote data connection. This can facilitate the method according to the invention very much. Furthermore, by using a remote data connection, the code can very quickly be transmitted to the user. The remote data connection can, for example, be effected through a computer network and/or an automatic telephone interface, for example an interactive voice response system.
- In an advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention, the code consists of at least two partial codes, whereby one code is being transmitted by the method according to the invention as an additional information with the transfer and/or debit and another partial code is being transmitted to the user by an alternate transmission method. This embodiment has the advantage that a third party, even in the case of getting access to the code transmitted by the method according to the invention, is being prevented from using it fraudulently, because the resulting code effectively used later consists of the at least two partial codes. Even if the other partial code is being transmitted by a relatively insecure method, such as the internet or the telephone, the probability of a third party getting access to both partial codes is very low. This embodiment thus provides a very secure code transmission method.
- Advantageously, the identification data transmitted by the user to the allocation unit comprise at least the user's full name. Furthermore, the financial account identifier information transmitted by the user to the code allocation unit comprises at least the bank account number or credit card number and/or the name or bank code number of the financial institution or the credit card company.
- Furthermore, the financial institution can also forward a transfer or debit transaction receipt to the allocation unit. Thus, through the receipts of the financial institution, not only the user, but also the party operating the code allocation unit will be advantageously provided with a means of proving the code transmission. This embodiment of the method according to the invention is almost equivalent to a registered letter with delivery confirmation, avoiding the drawbacks associated with sending letters.
- Embodiments of the method according to the invention will be described in detail with references to the enclosed FIGURE.
- The FIGURE schematically depicts a system for conducting the method according to the invention.
- Reference number 1 refers to an input unit of a user intending to obtain a code from a company, for example, in order to use the company's services. The input unit can, for example, be a computer or a telephone system. The company features a
code allocation unit 3. Thiscode allocation unit 3 can, for example, be the company's central computer or a system of connected single computers. The code to be allocated can be any information submitted to a user in order to enable him to identify himself or herself to any party. The code can be a permanent personal access code such as a PIN. Furthermore, the code can be a one-time code such as a TAN (transaction number). - The user's input unit 1 and the company's
allocation unit 3 are connected by some form of remote data connection 2. The remote data connection can, for example, be a computer network such as the internet or an automatic telephone interface such its an interactive voice response system. The user transmits his or her financial account identifier information through the input unit 1 via the remote data connection 2 to thecode allocation unit 3. In this context, the term “financial account identifier information” refers to any collection of data that allow to establish some form of financial transaction with the user. The term “financial institution” generally refers to an entity through which financial transactions can be conducted. Obviously, the term also comprises a network of single institutions, for example the user's bank, the company's bank and for example, the ACH (Automated Clearing House). The financial transactions can thus be effected, for example, through an account with a financial institution, such as a bank or savings bank, or a credit card account. The financial account identifier information provided by the user comprises of his or her bank account number or credit card number and the name or bank code number of his or her financial institution or credit card company. - The
code allocation unit 3 then transfers an amount of money to the financial institution specified by the user, thereby submitting the financial account identifier information and, if necessary, the user's identification data. After the new user's data have been transmitted, the money transfer can be effected automatically. Furthermore, the code to be transmitted is being transmitted as additional information with this transfer. The term “additional information” refers to any information transmitted in association with the money transfer. This information can be transmitted in unencrypted or encrypted form, additionally to the money transfer data or contained therein. - Such transmissions can, for example, be effected in the following ways: with a money transfer to a financial institution, a payment reference can be specified. This payment reference can indicate the code to be transmitted. Advantageously, a very small amount of money, for example EUR 1.00 is being transferred. Furthermore, the code to be transmitted can be contained within the amount of money to be transferred. For example, if the code 1498 is to be transmitted, an amount of EUR 14.98 could be transferred. The amount transferred can later be billed as an expense to the user. The money transfer can be effected through a remote data connection 4 between the
code allocation unit 3 and the financial institution 5. - The financial institution 5 advantageously features a verification unit which verifies the money transfer data received from the code allocation unit as to whether they can be assigned to a valid financial account of the user. For example, it is being verified whether the account number exists and, if applicable, whether it exists for the specified user. In the case of a positive validation, the financial institution 5 executes the money transfer initiated by the
allocation unit 3 and credits the respective amount of money to the users account. A receipt for the money transfer together with the additional information is being transmitted to the user via another connection 6, which can also be a remote data connection 6 such as a computer network or an automatic telephone interlace. Furthermore, it is possible to forward the receipt to the user by an account balance statement printer. - Additionally, the financial institution 5 can also forward a receipt for the money transfer to the
allocation unit 3 in order to provide the party operating thecode allocation 3 unit with a means of proving the code transmission. - The method according to the invention provides an especially simple way of transmitting a personal code to a new user. All the user has to know is how to extract the code from the additional information associated with the money transfer. This can be communicated by the company issuing the code or by another party, for example over the internet in a public forum.
- Simultaneously with the transmission, it is verified that the financial account identifier information is correctly specified by the user, because only by doing so will he or she be able to receive the money transfer. This is especially important for future payment transactions between the user and the company offering services or selling goods. Furthermore, the user will receive his or her code very quickly, as the time needed for the transmission depends only on the time needed for the money transfer by the financial institution 5.
- It is being remarked that the term “remote data connection” not only refers to an online connection, but also to offline connections, as long as some form of data transfer between the respective units is effected. For example, it could also be possible to ship data storage media.
- If the verification unit of the financial institution 5 yields a verification result indicating that the account identifier information submitted is invalid, the financial institution 5 does not carry out the money transfer. Advantageously, this result is being transmitted to the verification and allocation unit via a remote data connection 4. In this case, it can thus be decided in the code allocation unit whether to initiate another contact to the user 1, for example through the remote data connection 2, or whether to retrain from issuing a personal code to the respective user.
- In another embodiment of the method according to the invention, the code to be used later by the new user consists of two or more partial codes. For example, the first partial code represents the first four digits of the effective code and the second partial code represents the last four digits. The effective code could, for example, also be generated by multiplying the two partial codes or by applying some other computation known to the user. One partial code is being transmitted to the user using the method according to the invention and the other partial code or a plurality of other partial codes by an alternate transmission method that may be not so secure. For example, the second partial code can be sent over a computer network such as the internet to the user.
- This embodiment of the method provides an increased level of security, because an unauthorized person, even when getting access to the partial code transmitted by the method according to the invention, still has no information about the resulting code effectively used later. The probability of that person getting access to both or all partial codes is very low.
- In another embodiment of the invention, the code transmission will be effected by a debit rather than a transfer of a small amount of money from the financial institution specified by the new user. With this debit as well, the account identifier information and as additional information the code to be transmitted are specified. The method used in this embodiment of the invention corresponds to the method described above, whereby in each case a debit rather than a transfer is executed.
- Furthermore, both a transfer and a debit of the same amount of money can be executed simultaneously. Although this method slightly increases the expense, however, it will have a neutral effect on the new user's account balance.
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1. A method for providing secure access to a service, comprising:
receiving, by a computing system through a network, a user access request by a user to access a service;
determining, by a code allocation unit in the computing system, a financial account of the user that is identified in the user access request;
causing, by the code allocation unit in the computing system, an amount of value to be transferred over a secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user;
receiving, by the computing system from a service accessing device through the network subsequent to the causing of the amount of value to be transferred to the financial account, a user access attempt by the user to access the service;
determining, by the computing system, that the user access attempt identifies the amount of value that was caused to be transferred to the financial account; and
validating, in response to determining that the user access attempt identifies the amount of value that was caused to be transferred to the financial account, the user access attempt to cause the service accessing device to provide the user access to the service in response to the user access attempt.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by the code allocation unit in the computing system, an access code having a numerical value, wherein amount of value caused to be transferred to the financial account corresponds to the numerical value of the access code.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transfer of the amount of value to the financial account causes a receipt that identifies the amount of value to be sent to the user.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the financial account of the user that is identified in the user access request includes:
retrieving, by the code allocation unit in the computing system from the user access request, one of a bank account identifier and a credit account identifier.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing the amount of value to be transferred over a secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user includes:
causing, by the code allocation unit in the computing system, a first amount of value to be transferred over the secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user; and
causing, by the code allocation unit in the computing system, a second amount of value to be transferred over the secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the determining that the user access attempt identifies the amount of value that was caused to be transferred to the financial account includes:
determining, by the computing system, that the user access attempt is associated with both the first amount of value and the second amount of value.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the determining that the user access attempt is associated with both the first amount of value and the second amount of value includes:
determining, by the computing system, that the user access attempt includes a result of a computation involving the first amount of value and the second amount of value.
8. A non-transitory, machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving, through a network, a user access request by a user to access a service;
determining a financial account of the user that is identified in the user access request;
causing an amount of value to be transferred over a secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user;
receiving, from a service accessing device through the network subsequent to the causing of the amount of value to be transferred to the financial account, a user access attempt by the user to access the service;
determining that the user access attempt identifies the amount of value that was caused to be transferred to the financial account; and
validating, in response to determining that the user access attempt identifies the amount of value that was caused to be transferred to the financial account, the user access attempt to cause the service accessing device to provide the user access to the service in response to the user access attempt.
9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining an access code having a numerical value, wherein amount of value caused to be transferred to the financial account corresponds to the numerical value of the access code.
10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the transfer of the amount of value to the financial account causes a receipt that identifies the amount of value to be sent to the user.
11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the determining the financial account of the user that is identified in the user access request includes:
retrieving, from the user access request, one of a bank account identifier and a credit account identifier.
12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the causing the amount of value to be transferred over a secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user includes:
causing a first amount of value to be transferred over the secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user; and
causing a second amount of value to be transferred over the secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user.
13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the determining that the user access attempt identifies the amount of value that was caused to be transferred to the financial account includes:
determining that the user access attempt is associated with both the first amount of value and the second amount of value.
14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the determining that the user access attempt is associated with both the first amount of value and the second amount of value includes:
determining that the user access attempt includes a result of a computation involving the first amount of value and the second amount of value.
15. A secure access system, comprising:
at least one computing device that is coupled to a network and configured to perform operations to cause the system to:
receive, through the network, a user access request by a user to access a service;
determine a financial account of the user that is identified in the user access request;
cause an amount of value to be transferred over a secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user;
receive, from a service accessing device through the network subsequent to the causing of the amount of value to be transferred to the financial account, a user access attempt by the user to access the service;
determine that the user access attempt identifies the amount of value that was caused to be transferred to the financial account; and
validate, in response to determining that the user access attempt identifies the amount of value that was caused to be transferred to the financial account, the user access attempt to cause the service accessing device to provide the user access to the service in response to the user access attempt.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the operations further cause the system to:
determine an access code having a numerical value, wherein amount of value caused to be transferred to the financial account corresponds to the numerical value of the access code.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the transfer of the amount of value to the financial account causes a receipt that identifies the amount of value to be sent to the user.
18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the determining the financial account of the user that is identified in the user access request includes:
retrieving, from the user access request, one of a bank account identifier and a credit account identifier.
19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the causing the amount of value to be transferred over a secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user includes:
causing a first amount of value to be transferred over the secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user; and
causing a second amount of value to be transferred over the secure transmission channel to the financial account of the user, and wherein the determining that the user access attempt identifies the amount of value that was caused to be transferred to the financial account includes:
determining that the user access attempt is associated with both the first amount of value and the second amount of value.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the determining that the user access attempt is associated with both the first amount of value and the second amount of value includes:
determining that the user access attempt includes a result of a computation involving the first amount of value and the second amount of value.
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