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Sep 23
2007
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Google patents SMS payments systemPosted by Mark Hill in New Site, Google Inc, Financial Services, Chill Services, Buzz, B2B |
Over the years, with the advent of digital subscriber lines on Cell phones we all have stories of how you can use the IR port on your phone, or now Bluetooth to make payments. In February 2006 Google filed a patent for a "text message payment" system.
The abstract discusses a "computer-implemented method of effectuating an electronic on-line payment" while the patent