Secure Content Delivery via Payment-Linked Communication Node
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for ordering and delivering service-related content over communication networks do not adequately address the integration of secure content with payment or authorization processes, lacking efficiency and user-friendliness while ensuring data integrity.
Innovation Solution
A communication node that facilitates the linking of service requests with payments by identifying services, assigning references, and enabling secure content transfer before payment completion, using a set-up phase, payment phase, and delivery phase to ensure efficient and secure content delivery to mobile terminals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If secure content is delivered only after payment completion, then data integrity and security are ensured, but the overall process time increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by initiating the secure content transfer from the service provider to the communication node before payment completion. The communication node receives and stores the secure content in advance, so that upon payment confirmation, the content can be immediately forwarded to the target entity without waiting for payment processing to complete first. This resolves the contradiction by decoupling the content availability from payment timing while maintaining security through controlled access.
2Reliability
If the payment process is tightly coupled with content delivery, then security is maintained, but the user experience becomes less efficient and more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content delivery process into distinct phases: (1) secure content transfer from service provider to communication node, (2) payment processing, and (3) content forwarding to target entity. This segmentation allows each phase to proceed independently with appropriate security measures, while the overall process appears streamlined to the user. The communication node acts as an intermediary that manages the complexity behind the scenes.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication node serves as an intermediary between the service provider, payment system, and target entity. It receives secure content in advance, manages the payment linkage through transaction identifiers, and handles the conditional forwarding. This intermediary role simplifies the user experience by abstracting the complex coordination between payment and delivery, while maintaining security through controlled access based on payment confirmation.
3Productivity
If secure content is transferred in parallel with payment processing, then efficiency is improved, but the complexity of coordinating these processes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the communication node receives payment confirmation messages that reference transaction identifiers linked to specific secure content transfers. When payment is confirmed, the system automatically triggers the forwarding of the corresponding secure content to the target entity. This feedback loop enables parallel processing of content transfer and payment while maintaining proper coordination through automated response handling, reducing the perceived complexity.
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AI summary
A communication node for delivering secure content in respect of a requested service to a target entity. The communication node has respective interfaces towards: at least one network for communicating with mobile terminals; a service-provider node providing the requested service; and an authorization node for effecting payments. After having completed a set-up phase and in response to a payment, the communication node enables forwarding of secure content, relating to at least one service requested by a user of a first mobile terminal to a target entity associated with the first mobile terminal. The set-up phase involves: identifying the at least one requested service from the first mobile terminal; linking in the service-provider node the at least one requested service to the first mobile terminal; and assigning a reference in the service-provider node to a payment to be made in respect of the at least one requested service.