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Abstract

A method for a mobile payment transaction using a mobile communication device include reading a unique product ID by means of the mobile communication device by a user of the mobile communication device; retrieving product information relating to the unique product ID from a product billing server, and deciding whether the product ID is a purchase item product or a time-dependent article product. The method also include initiating a mobile payment operation by the user of the mobile communication device on the basis of the unique product ID, sending payment information from the mobile communication device to a payment server on the basis of the unique product ID, and forming a communications link from the payment server to a product billing server on the basis of the payment information. The method further includes receiving payment price information by the payment server, acknowledging the payment price on the product billing server on the basis of the payment price information, and confirming a conclusion of the mobile payment operation to the mobile communication device by means of at least one server involved in the mobile payment operation. In case where the product is a time-dependent article, the method also includes initiating a product registration operation for the user of the mobile communication device on the basis of the unique product ID, transmitting a registration enquiry from the mobile communication device to the product billing server on the basis of the unique product ID; registering the user of the mobile communication device for the time-dependent article on the product billing server, and confirming a registration of the user for the corresponding product through the product billing server to the mobile communication device.

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