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Payment Platform for Online Service Providers

  • US 20130036046A1
  • Filed: 08/02/2011
  • Published: 02/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method comprising:

  • maintaining by an online service provider, user accounts for storing credits for users of the online service provider, the credits for making purchases from the online service provider;

    maintaining by the online service provider, a standard interface for allowing a plurality of payment providers to send requests for adding credits to user accounts;

    receiving requests from the plurality of payment providers, each request from a payment provider comprising information identifying a user of the online service provider and an amount for crediting to a user account for the user;

    for each request received from the plurality of payment providers, increasing the number of credits in the user account for the identified user based on an amount received in the request; and

    sending information comprising an invoice based on the amount by which credits are increased in the user account.

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