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Internet billing method

  • US 7,917,436 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2007
  • Issued: 03/29/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a specification of an account for a consumer of Internet access, to which account purchases in addition to Internet access are chargeable by an Internet access provider, the account being maintained by the Internet access provider and the specification of the account being received by network equipment of the Internet access provider;

    enabling purchase of an electronically-deliverable product via a connection to the Internet provided via the network equipment of the Internet access provider;

    charging a fee for the purchase to the account, the fee being charged in response to a communication from a vendor of the electronically-deliverable product received by the network equipment of the Internet access provider; and

    delivering the electronically-deliverable product via the network equipment, wherein data relating to the electronically-deliverable product is transmitted over the Internet via the network equipment;

    wherein the vendor is a third party that is not the Internet access provider.

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