Method and system to process a billing failure in a network-based commerce facility
First Claim
1. A method to process a billing failure in a network-based commerce facility, the method including:
- receiving a billing failure indicator from a billing facility, the billing failure indicator being associated with a transaction processing method utilized by a user when conducting a user transaction;
automatically without human intervention identifying at least one alternative transaction processing method that is valid for the user; and
automatically communicating the at least one alternative transaction processing method to an associated billing facility for billing.
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Abstract
A method and system is provided to process a billing failure in a network-based commerce facility. The method may include receiving a billing failure indicator from a billing facility, the billing failure indicator being associated with a transaction processing method utilized by a user or customer when conducting a user transaction. The method may then automatically, without human intervention, identify at least one alternative transaction processing method that is valid for the user. The at least one alternative transaction processing method is then communicated to an associated billing facility for billing. In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving the at least one alternative transaction processing method from a database of predetermined transaction processing methods associated with the user.
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28 Claims
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1. A method to process a billing failure in a network-based commerce facility, the method including:
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receiving a billing failure indicator from a billing facility, the billing failure indicator being associated with a transaction processing method utilized by a user when conducting a user transaction;
automatically without human intervention identifying at least one alternative transaction processing method that is valid for the user; and
automatically communicating the at least one alternative transaction processing method to an associated billing facility for billing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system to process a billing failure in a network-based commerce facility, the system including:
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a communication module to receive a billing failure indicator from a billing facility, the billing failure indicator being associated with a transaction processing method utilized by a user when conducting a user transaction; and
a billing failure engine to automatically without human intervention identify at least one alternative transaction processing method that is valid for the user, the at least one alternative transaction processing method being operatively communicated to an associated billing facility for billing. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A machine-readable medium for embodying a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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receive a billing failure indicator from a billing facility, the billing failure indicator being associated with a transaction processing method utilized by a user when conducting a user transaction via a network-based commerce facility; and
automatically without human intervention identify at least one alternative transaction processing method that is valid for the user, the at least one alternative transaction processing method being operatively communicated to an associated billing facility for billing. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system to process a billing failure in a network-based commerce facility, the system including:
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means to receive a billing failure indicator from a billing facility, the billing failure indicator being associated with a transaction processing method utilized by a user when conducting a user transaction; and
means to automatically without human intervention identify at least one alternative transaction processing method that is valid for the user, the at least one alternative transaction processing method being operatively communicated to an associated billing facility for billing.
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