Sounds as though Visa has encountered a little bit of trouble today. Word is they’re being sued by a small US business for infringing a patent which covers the use of SMS messages used to alert spenders of transactions. Charge Notification Services Corporation (CNSC) out of Miami, Florida has taken exception to the service that Visa and some of their partners have recently been offering. Their patent covers charge card transaction authorization and/or notification in real-time via SMS to a mobile device.
Ivan Ochoa, CEO of CNSC commented:
“We are very sorry that it had to come to filing this suit…For months we’ve tried exhaustively to work with VISA with no results. We’re a young company but we have experience with this product and the credit card business as a whole. We have the knowledge and infrastructure to handle even the most extreme transaction volume. We’ve expended considerable resources on patent registration and product development.”
Should be interesting to see how this one turns out.
[Via: Cellular-News]