Method of billing a purchase made over a computer network
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a purchase request from a user over the Internet, the purchase request comprising Internet address information associated with a user that has been forwarded with the purchase request, the Internet address information related to an Internet address from where the purchase request was requested;
receiving a unique identification from the user over the Internet;
comparing, by at least one computer, the unique identification to the Internet address information, the computer generating a result of the comparison; and
allowing the purchase request to proceed when the unique identification corresponds to the Internet address information.
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Abstract
A method of effecting a sale over a computer network in which it is determined whether a user passes fraud control before effecting a sale over a computer network. Information associated with a method of payment, such as credit card information, debit card information, checking account information, a telephone service account, a cable television account, a utility service account, or an Internet service provider account, is requested from the user after the user passes the fraud control. Information associated with the method of payment is received from the user in real time. Method-of-payment information is communicated to a payment authorization database, which can be located locally or remotely. The method-of-payment information includes the received information associated with the method of payment. Payment authorization information associated with the method of payment is received from the payment authorization database. A sale transaction is completed when the payment authorization information is affirmative. Sale charge information associated with the sale effected over the computer network is transmitted to the payment authorization database when the sale transaction is complete. The sale charge information includes information for charging the method of payment an amount representing a charge for the sale.
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51 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a purchase request from a user over the Internet, the purchase request comprising Internet address information associated with a user that has been forwarded with the purchase request, the Internet address information related to an Internet address from where the purchase request was requested; receiving a unique identification from the user over the Internet; comparing, by at least one computer, the unique identification to the Internet address information, the computer generating a result of the comparison; and allowing the purchase request to proceed when the unique identification corresponds to the Internet address information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method, comprising:
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receiving a result of a comparison, made by at least one computer, of a unique identification of a user to Internet address information associated with the user, the Internet address information associated with the user being received over the Internet with a purchase request from the user, the Internet address information related to an Internet address from where the purchase request was requested; and allowing the purchase request to proceed when the result of the comparison is that the unique identification corresponds to the Internet address information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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