EP 1073982 A1 20010207 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING GOODS, SERVICES AND CONTENT OVER AN INTERNETWORK
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORDERING GOODS, SERVICES AND CONTENT OVER AN INTERNETWORK
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUM BESTELLEN VON GÜTERN, DIENSTLEISTUNGEN UND DATENINHALTEN ÜBER EIN INTERNET
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET SYSTEME POUR COMMANDER DES MARCHANDISES, DES SERVICES OU DES CONTENUS PAR INTERNET
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9908836 W 19990422
- US 6479798 A 19980422
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9957663A1] A billing system is provided that allows a consumer to order products from computers connected to the Internet, wherein the consumer is automatically billed for the ordered good or service by its telephone service provider. The billing system comprises a plug-in component (52, 52'), a billing server component (62, 62'), and in some embodiments, a merchant session gateway component (65). When a consumer orders a product over the Internet (20), the plug-in component (52) of the consumer's computer (42) establishes an Internet connection to a billing server (34) located elsewhere on the Internet (20) to order the product. In a first embodiment, the billing server component (62) of the billing server (34) transfers an encrypted version of the product to the plug-in component (52). The plug-in component (52) then disconnects from the Internet (20) and establishes a point-to-point (PPP) connection with the billing server (34). During the PPP connection, the billing server component (64) transfers an access key assigned to the order to the plug-in component (52) so that the plug-in component (52) may decrypt the product. The consumer is charged a unit rate or "drop-charge" for the product by the telephone service provider when the PPP connection is established using a premium telephone number assigned and administered by the telephone service provider. In a second embodiment, the consumer is charged a per minute rate for his of her time spent accessing the product, rather than a drop-charge.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 7/10 (2006.01); G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR)
G06Q 20/04 (2013.01 - EP KR); G06Q 20/12 (2013.01 - EP KR); G06Q 20/16 (2013.01 - EP KR); G06Q 30/04 (2013.01 - EP KR); H04L 12/14 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 12/1403 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 12/1421 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 12/1428 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 12/1439 (2013.01 - EP KR); H04L 12/1446 (2013.01 - EP KR); H04L 12/1453 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 12/1457 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 12/1471 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 12/1482 (2013.01 - EP KR); H04M 15/00 (2013.01 - EP); H04M 15/68 (2013.01 - EP); H04M 15/8207 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01 - EP); H04L 63/06 (2013.01 - EP); H04M 2215/0176 (2013.01 - EP KR); H04M 2215/0196 (2013.01 - EP KR); H04M 2215/22 (2013.01 - EP KR); H04M 2215/7813 (2013.01 - EP KR)
Citation (examination)
GEOFF DAVENPORT: "New eCHARGE Internet Billing System Charges Purchases to Telephone Bill with AT&T MultiQuest.", BUSINESS WIRE, 3 December 1997 (1997-12-03), pages 1 - 1, XP007905577
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9957663 A1 19991111; AU 2004203844 A1 20040923; AU 2004203844 B2 20071004; AU 3756699 A 19991123; AU 773248 B2 20040520; CA 2329203 A1 19991111; CN 1302414 A 20010704; EP 1073982 A1 20010207; JP 2002513974 A 20020514; JP 4698834 B2 20110608; KR 100711628 B1 20070430; KR 20010042855 A 20010525; KR 20070007976 A 20070116; NZ 507808 A 20031219; NZ 526905 A 20050225
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9908836 W 19990422; AU 2004203844 A 20040811; AU 3756699 A 19990422; CA 2329203 A 19990422; CN 99806467 A 19990422; EP 99919971 A 19990422; JP 2000547567 A 19990422; KR 20007011627 A 20001020; KR 20067027854 A 20061229; NZ 50780899 A 19990422; NZ 52690599 A 19990422