Payment methods for on-line funeral home memorials
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1. A method of maintaining a memorial site on a funeral home web site, comprising:
- (a) providing for the posting without charge of a memorial page on a funeral home web site, the memorial page corresponding to a deceased individual, the memorial page including a photograph of the deceased individual and identifying text;
(b) providing for a payment option symbol on the memorial page or on a different web page linked to the memorial page, such that the payment option symbol can be activated to provide one or more payments for maintaining the memorial page.
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A method of maintaining a memorial site on a funeral home web site, may include providing for the posting without charge of a memorial page on a funeral home web site, the memorial page corresponding to a deceased individual, the memorial page including a photograph of the deceased individual and identifying text; and providing for a payment option symbol on the memorial page or on a different web page linked to the memorial page, such that the payment option symbol can be activated to provide one or more payments for maintaining the memorial page.
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1. A method of maintaining a memorial site on a funeral home web site, comprising:
- (a) providing for the posting without charge of a memorial page on a funeral home web site, the memorial page corresponding to a deceased individual, the memorial page including a photograph of the deceased individual and identifying text;
(b) providing for a payment option symbol on the memorial page or on a different web page linked to the memorial page, such that the payment option symbol can be activated to provide one or more payments for maintaining the memorial page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- (a) providing for the posting without charge of a memorial page on a funeral home web site, the memorial page corresponding to a deceased individual, the memorial page including a photograph of the deceased individual and identifying text;
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10. A method of maintaining a memorial site on a funeral home website, comprising:
- (a) preparing a memorial site corresponding to a deceased individual;
(b) posting the memorial site for viewing on a funeral home website for a first predetermined time period;
(c) transmitting a request for payment to extend posting of the memorial site for a second predetermined time period beyond the first predetermined time period; and
(d) extending the posting of the memorial site for the second predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- (a) preparing a memorial site corresponding to a deceased individual;
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11. A method of maintaining a funeral home website, comprising:
- (a) posting a memorial site for on-line viewing on the funeral home website;
(b) transmitting a request for payment after the memorial site is posted;
(c) deactivating the memorial site in the event payment is not received; and
(d) extending the posting of the memorial site in the event payment is received. - View Dependent Claims (15)
- (a) posting a memorial site for on-line viewing on the funeral home website;
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12. A method of maintaining a funeral home website, comprising:
- (a) posting a first memorial site corresponding to a deceased individual for on-line viewing of the first memorial site on the funeral home website;
(b) transmitting a request for payment after the first memorial site is posted but not before the first memorial site is posted;
(c) posting a second memorial site corresponding to the same deceased individual in the event the requested payment is received, wherein the second memorial site has either substantially the same or additional content as the first memorial site; and
(d) deactivating the first memorial site in the event the requested payment is not received.
- (a) posting a first memorial site corresponding to a deceased individual for on-line viewing of the first memorial site on the funeral home website;
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