EP 1756722 A2 20070228 - A RETAIL METHOD OVER A WIDE AREA NETWORK
Title (en)
A RETAIL METHOD OVER A WIDE AREA NETWORK
Title (de)
VERKAUFSVERFAHREN ÜBER EIN WEITRÄUMIGES NETZWERK
Title (fr)
PROCEDE PERMETTANT DES ACTIVITES DE DETAIL SUR UN RESEAU LONGUE DISTANCE
Publication
Application
Priority
- IL 0000496 W 20000816
- US 37397399 A 19990816
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0113289A2] The wide area network includes a point of sale computer station, a network service provider server operated by a network service provider, a customer computer station used by a customer and connected to the wide area network through the network service provider server, and a transaction server having access to identification information of the network service provider and the point of sale computer station. The method includes the steps of connecting the customer computer station to the point of sale computer station, purchasing goods from the point of sale computer station by the customer, validation of the purchasing by the transaction server and the network service provider server, charging the customer for the purchase. The step of charging includes a transaction including the steps of billing an account of the customer by the network service provider server a transaction sum and billing by the transaction server an account of the network service provider server the transaction sum. The retail method also includes supplying the goods to the customer and remitting a portion of the transaction sum to a vendor operating the point of sale computer station.
[origin: WO0113289A2] The retail method over a wide area network includes a point of sale computer station (41, 42, ... 43), a server operated by a network service provider (312, 32, ... 33), a customer computer station (51, 52, ... 72) used by a customer and connected to the wide area network through the network service provider server (31, 32, ... 33), and a transaction server (20) having access to identification information of the network service provider (31, 32, ... 33) and the point of sale computer station (41, 42, ... 43). The method includes the steps of connecting the customer computer station (51, 52, ... 72) to the point of sale computer station (41, 42, ... 43), purchasing goods from the point of sale computer station by the customer, validation of the purchasing by the transaction server (20) and the network service provider server (31, 32, ... 33), and charging the customer for the purchase. The step of charging includes a transaction including the steps of billing an account of the customer by the network service provider server (31, 32, ... 33) a transaction sum and billing by the transaction server (20) an account of the network service provider (31, 32, ... 33) server the transaction sum. The retail method also includes supplying the goods to the customer and remitting a portion of the transaction sum to a vendor operating the point of sale computer station (41, 42, ... 43).
IPC 8 full level
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 20/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G06Q 20/04 (2013.01); G06Q 20/12 (2013.01); G06Q 20/16 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 2463/102 (2013.01)
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 0113289 A2 20010222; WO 0113289 A3 20010607; AU 6591500 A 20010313; EP 1756722 A2 20070228; EP 1756722 A4 20070228
DOCDB simple family (application)
IL 0000496 W 20000816; AU 6591500 A 20000816; EP 00953416 A 20000816