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Portable device service payments by multiple means

  • US 20030121967A1
  • Filed: 12/28/2001
  • Published: 07/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a communication system providing a communications link between electronic devices, a method for selecting a payment provider comprising the steps of;

  • (a) providing, in an electronic device requesting a communications link with a called electronic device, data identifying a plurality of payment providers;

    (b) said calling electronic device initiating a request for a communications link;

    (c) said calling electronic device communicating the data identifying the payment providers to said communications system;

    (d) the communication system contacting another one of the identified payment providers requesting acceptance of the payment request; and

    (e) said communication system contacting another one of said alternative providers upon refusal of the first contacted payment provider to accept responsibility, without need for further interfacing with the calling subscriber.

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