APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SWITCH
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a switch to thereby selectively provide electrical power to an appliance, the method including, in one or more electronic processing devices:
- a) providing a service token to a user device, the service token being indicative of one or more pre-selected payment options associated with providing power to the appliance, the user device being responsive to the service token to;
i) provide the service token to a payment system via a communications network;
ii) receive from the payment system an indication of the payment options associated with the service token;
iii) provide payment information to the payment system in accordance with a payment option selected by the user; and
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iv) receive a payment token from the payment system in response to successful payment using the provided payment information;
b) receiving the payment token from the user device; and
,c) using the payment token to control the switch to thereby provide electrical power to the appliance at least partially in accordance with the payment option selected by the user.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a switch to selectively provide electrical power to an appliance, the method including, in one or more electronic processing devices: (a) providing a service token to a user device, the service token being indicative of one or more pre-selected payment options associated with providing power to the appliance, the user device being responsive to the service token to: (i) provide the service token to a payment system via a communications network; (ii) receive from the payment system an indication of the payment options associated with the service token; (iii) provide payment information to the payment system in accordance with a payment option selected by the user; and (iv) receive a payment token from the payment system in response to successful payment using the provided payment information; (b) receiving the payment token from the user device; and, (c) using the payment token to control the switch.
13 Citations
20 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a switch to thereby selectively provide electrical power to an appliance, the method including, in one or more electronic processing devices:
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a) providing a service token to a user device, the service token being indicative of one or more pre-selected payment options associated with providing power to the appliance, the user device being responsive to the service token to; i) provide the service token to a payment system via a communications network; ii) receive from the payment system an indication of the payment options associated with the service token; iii) provide payment information to the payment system in accordance with a payment option selected by the user; and
;iv) receive a payment token from the payment system in response to successful payment using the provided payment information; b) receiving the payment token from the user device; and
,c) using the payment token to control the switch to thereby provide electrical power to the appliance at least partially in accordance with the payment option selected by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Apparatus for controlling a switch to thereby selectively provide electrical power to an appliance, the apparatus including one or more electronic processing devices that:
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a) provide a service token to a user device, the service token being indicative of one or more pre-selected payment options associated with providing power to the appliance, the user device being responsive to the service token to; i) provide the service token to a payment system via a communications network; ii) receive from the payment system an indication of the payment options associated with the service token; iii) provide payment information to the payment system in accordance with a payment option selected by the user; and
,iv) receive a payment token from the payment system in response to successful payment using the provided payment information; b) receive the payment token from the user device; and
,c) use the payment token to control the switch to thereby provide electrical power to the appliance at least partially in accordance with the payment option selected by the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for use in controlling a switch to thereby selectively provide electrical power to an appliance, the method including, in the one or more electronic processing devices:
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a) generating an initialization token; b) providing the initialization token to the merchant device, the merchant device being responsive to the initialization token to; i) register the initialization token with one or more payment options associated with providing electrical power to the appliance; ii) provide the registered initialization token to a payment system, the payment system responsive to generate provisioning data for use in controlling the switch; iii) receive the provisioning data from the payment system; c) receiving the provisioning data from the merchant device; and
,d) storing the provisioning data in a data store, the provisioning data being used to at least partially control the switch in accordance with the payment option selected by the user.
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