System to pay and for information

• US 20030078855A1
• Filed: 09/18/2002
• Published: 04/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stephan Karlsten
• Original Assignee: Stephan Karlsten
• Inventors: Karlsten, Stephan
• Application Number:
  US10/239,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20030078855A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like

Abstract

The invention relates to a system (1) for payment and information intended for the Internet or some other network, to which all the parties involved in the system are connected. A payment unit (2) functioning as a central unit is so arranged, in addition to functioning both as a recipient and as a payer of settlements in cash, as to function also as a recipient of information and a transmitter of information. The system (1) also has connected to it a number of sales organizations (8), logistics companies (9), suppliers (10) of goods (11) and customers (12), with an information link. The flow of information and payment is so arranged as to take place as follows: the customer (12) gives notification (A) of an order for goods (11) and pays (B) directly to the central unit (2), the central unit (2) informs (C) the parties (8-10) concerned of the order and pays (D) the supplier (10) for the goods (11), the goods (11) are delivered to the customer (12) by the logistics company (9), and payment is made by the central unit (2) to the parties (8; 9, 14) concerned, in conjunction with which payment (D, F) is so arranged as to take place electronically, and the payments (D, F) transmitted are released to the parties concerned when information to the effect that the goods (11) have left the supplier'"'"'s (10) premises is transmitted.

Claims

1. System (1) for payment and information intended for the Internet or some other network, to which all the parties involved in the system are connected, characterized in that a payment unit (2) functioning as a central unit is so arranged, in addition to functioning both as a recipient and as a payer of settlements in cash, as to function also as a recipient of information and a transmitter of information, in that the information (A, B) in question is so arranged as to be made available to the parties concerned via an on-line code system on the Internet, etc, in that the system (1) also has connected to it a number of sales organizations (8), logistics companies (9), suppliers (10) of goods (11) and customers (12), with an information link, in conjunction with which the flow of information and payment is so arranged as to take place as follows:

the customer (12) gives notification (A) of an order for goods (11) and pays (B) directly to the central unit (2),

the central unit (2) informs (C) the parties (8-10) concerned of the order and pays (D) the supplier (10) for the goods (11),

the goods (11) are delivered to the customer (12) by the logistics company (9), and payment is made by the central unit (2) to the parties (8;

9, 14) concerned, in conjunction with which payment (D, F) is so arranged as to take place electronically, and the payments (D, F) transmitted are released to the parties concerned when information to the effect that the goods have left the supplier'"'"'s (10) premises is transmitted, in that a bar code reader is included in the system (1) at the premises of the supplier (10) who produces the goods (11) in question, and that the aforementioned bar code reader is connected to the system (1) so that, when bar code reading takes place, a signal is transmitted immediately to the central unit (2) for the remittance of payment (F) to the parties (8, 9, 14) concerned.

2. System in accordance with patent claim 1, characterized in that payments to the parties (8, 9, 14) concerned are so arranged as to take place at certain specific times, e.g. on a number of occasions each month.

3. System in accordance with one or other of the above patent claims, characterized in that the system (1) is so arranged, in the event of customers (12) notifying the central unit (2) of their intention to cancel agreements that have been entered into, that information to that effect is transmitted from the central unit (2) to the parties (8-10, 14) concerned, and that any money (3) is returned to the customer (12).

4. System in accordance with one or other of the above patent claims, characterized in that the system (1) also includes external recipients (14) of money (3) from the central unit (2), such as a sales royalty or a patent royalty.