Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110106709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERY DURING AUTHENTICATION - Techniques for recovery during authentication include initiating sending a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) authentication message from user equipment of a user to a merchant node of a merchant. If the user is not authenticated in response to the HTTP authentication message, then sending a Short Message Service (SMS) message from the user equipment to the merchant node is initiated. The SMS message indicates a transaction between the user and the merchant. In some embodiments, techniques include changing an access point to a network until an access point utilized is on a list of acceptable access points, in response to a buy response message that indicates a transaction between a merchant and a user. A hypertext transfer protocol authentication message is sent through the access point that is on the list of acceptable access points | 05-05-2011 |
20120166308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN-APPLICATION PURCHASING - Techniques for purchasing items within an application on user equipment comprises determining at a network service store that a first message is received through a communications network from an application on user equipment. The message indicates a first item to purchase. A publisher different from the network service store has granted approval to use the application on the user equipment. The network service store determines whether payment is arranged from a user of the user equipment to pay for the first item. If payment is arranged, then the network service store causes, at least in part, actions that result in approval from the publisher to use the first item on the user equipment. | 06-28-2012 |
20120221435 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ASYNCHRONOUS PAYMENT PROCESSING - An approach is provided for processing transaction payments. The transaction engine receives payment information, from a device, for completing a transaction between a first party and a second party, wherein the payment information is for requesting, at least in part, a payment approval from at least one payment service provider. Next, the transaction engine determines historical transaction data associated with one or more previous transactions between the first party and the second party. Then, the transaction engine processes and/or facilitates a processing of the historical transaction data to determine whether to initiate a delivery of at least one item associated with the transaction prior to receiving a confirmation of the payment approval from the at least one payment service provider. | 08-30-2012 |
20120289191 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING INCOMING STATUS MESSAGES - An approach is presented for handling incoming status messages with respect to a request and/or a communication channel (e.g., PSMS). A PSMS client causes, at least in part, a transmission of a request over a communication channel, the request originating from an application associated with a device. A status message client of the PSMS client causes, at least in part, a monitoring of one or more inboxes associated with the communication channel for one or more status messages related to the communication channel, the request, or a combination thereof. The status message client causes, at least in part, a presentation of a representation of at least a portion of the one or more status messages, status information interpreted from the one or more status messages, or a combination thereof in a user interface of the application. | 11-15-2012 |
20130318193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTENT AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION SOURCED FROM MULTIPLE PLATFORMS - An approach is provided for managing content and associated information sourced from multiple platforms. A dynamic information management platform determines a request to present one or more content items. The one or more content items include inventory for presenting associated information. The dynamic information management platform determines at least one platform from among a plurality of platforms based, at least in part, on the one or more content items, metadata associated with the one or more content items, or a combination thereof. The plurality of platforms is associated with at least one common service. The dynamic information management platform then determines the information associated with the one or more content items from the at least one platform in either an online or offline mode of operation. | 11-28-2013 |