System and method for online commerce
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating online commerce comprising the steps of:
- accessing or facilitating a web page displaying an item or service available for purchase;
generating, transmitting, or receiving a request from a consumer to purchase said item or service; and
facilitating said purchase to be charged to a telecommunications account, wherein said telecommunications account is not necessarily associated with a communications line by which said consumer has originated said request.
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Abstract
The invention provides a secure online payment method and system. In an embodiment of the invention, a transaction system facilitates online purchase of merchant items by customers and to have those purchased items billed, i.e., debited, to a telephone account. Particularly, the system comprises a number of customer web access devices, a TCP/IP communications network, a number of merchant computers, a centralized payment server, and a number of telecommunication company (TELCO) networks. Communications are bridged between the TCP/IP network and the number of TELCO networks implementing, for example a common channel signaling (CCS) based protocol, such as signaling system 7 (SS7).
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15 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating online commerce comprising the steps of:
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accessing or facilitating a web page displaying an item or service available for purchase;
generating, transmitting, or receiving a request from a consumer to purchase said item or service; and
facilitating said purchase to be charged to a telecommunications account, wherein said telecommunications account is not necessarily associated with a communications line by which said consumer has originated said request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A transaction system comprising:
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a SS7 communication server, wherein said communications server comprises;
a receiver for receiving information associated with a request to purchase an item or service offered online; and
a processor to facilitate said purchase to be charged to a telecommunications account, and an authentication server for authenticating said telecommunications account. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising the steps of:
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activating a session to facilitate purchasing of items and/or services offered via a public communications network; and
facilitating at least one purchase to be charged to a telecommunications account during said session.
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