Method and system for conducting business in a transnational e-Commerce network

• US RE46,140 E1
• Filed: 09/12/2011
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Innovation Sciences, LLC
• Original Assignee: Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc. (Innovation Sciences, LLC)
• Inventors: Wang, Tiejun, Wang, Ximing, Wang, Tiehong
• Primary Examiner(s): Saadat, Cameron
• Application Number:
  US13/230,657
• Time in Patent Office: 1,821 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/26.1, 705/26.81
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/381 Currency conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3823 combining multiple encryption tools for a transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0619 Neutral agent
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

The invention presents a method and system for processing the purchase of products, goods and/or services, more particularly, to a method and system for processing the purchase by a buyer of products from one or more sellers of products in an on-line real-time e-Commerce business environment where the merchant server from which the goods are purchased lacks adequate encryption security for the purchasing of the goods by credit card. The method and system also allows for the easy up-dating registration by a merchant of the items available for purchase as maintained on the Web, DB server. The invention also discloses a method and system for avoiding the hindrance of foreign exchange rates fluctuations on the payment of on-line real-time e-Commerce trading. The system provides for a splitting of a merchant server into a Web, DB server and a payment server, the payment server being located in a nation state to which a purchaser may securely transmit encrypted credit card information in order to purchase product available on websites maintained on the Web, DB server.

Claims

1. A method for conducting on-line purchasing in an e-Commerce transnational business environment, purchasing being conducted over a computer network comprising a payment server having a credit card information transaction security system, a Web, DB server having a credit card information transaction security system less secure than the credit card information transaction security system of the payment server, at least one first remote computer, at least one second remote computer, at least one first communication channel connecting the at least one first remote computer to the payment server and to the Web, DB server, at least one second communication channel connecting the at least one second remote computer to the Web, DB server, and at least one third communication channel connecting the Web, DB server to the payment server, the method comprising the steps of:

a) positioning the Web, DB server in one of a first nation state and a second nation state;

b) positioning the payment server in the first nation state;

c) using the at least one first remote computer to identify an item to be purchased from at least one item registered for purchase on the Web, DB server;

d) communicating a purchase request for the item identified to be purchased by a buyer from the at least one first remote computer to the Web, DB server;

e) switching of communication from the buyer with the Web, DB server to the payment server;

f) providing credit card payment information by the buyer for the item to be purchased from the at least one first remote computer to the payment server;

g) transferring credit card payment confirmation information from the payment server to the Web, DB server; and

h) up-dating the Web, DB server with respect to the purchase of the item identified by the buyer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second nation state has no available credit card information transaction security sufficient to meet the security requirements of the buyer.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first nation states is the United States of America.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the second nation states is the People'"'"'s Republic of China.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

i) transferring the credit card payment information for the item to be purchased from the payment server to a buyer'"'"'s bank via an acquiring bank;

j) processing of the credit card payment information by the buyer'"'"'s bank for a validation decision result; and

k) communicating the result to the payment server via the acquiring bank.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of:

l) communicating confirming purchase information by the payment server to the buyer.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of;

m) communicating confirming purchase information to the Web, DB server.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of:

n) up-dating of the Web, DB server of the at least one item registered for purchase using the at least one second remote computer.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of:

i) exchanging buyer purchase information between the Web, DB server and the at least one second remote computer with respect to the purchase of the item identified by the buyer to include buyer'"'"'s identity information and quantity purchased in order for merchant to provide and service the at least one item registered for purchase.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

i) up-dating of the Web, DB server of the at least one item registered for purchase using the at least one second remote computer.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

i) exchanging buyer purchase information between the Web, DB server and the at least one first remote computer with respect to the purchase of the item identified by the buyer to include buyer'"'"'s identity information and quantity purchased in order for merchant to provide and service the at least one item registered for purchase.

12. A system for conducting on-line buying by a buyer in an e-Commerce transnational business environment comprising:

a payment server having a credit card information transaction security system,

a Web, DB server having a credit card information transaction security system less secure than the credit card information transaction security system of the payment server,

at least one first remote computer,

at least one second remote computer,

at least one first communication channel connecting the at least one first remote computer to the payment server and to the Web, DB server,

at least one second communication channel connecting the at least one second remote computer to the Web, DB server, and

at least one third communication channel connecting the Web, DB server to the payment server, wherein the Web, DB server is positioned in one of a first nation state and a second nation state and the payment server is positioned in the first nation state.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first nation state is the United States of America.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the Web, DB server is positioned in the second nation state.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the Web, DB server is positioned in the first nation state.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising a buyer'"'"'s bank and an acquiring bank.

17. An online method for a payment server to support online buying over the Internet, the online method comprising:

receiving, at the payment server, credit card payment information transmitted from a buyer for payment of one or more items identified for purchase from a website listing the items, wherein the credit card payment information is received after online communication of the buyer has been switched from the website listing the items to a website supported by the payment server, wherein the switching of the online communication of the buyer is after an indication from the buyer to buy the one or more of the items;

sending the credit card payment information to an established financial channel;

receiving a credit card payment processing decision from the established financial channel; and

sending credit card payment confirmation information;

wherein;

transmission of information about the items for purchase between a server supporting the website listing the items and the buyer, before occurrence of the indication to buy, is less secure than transmission, from the buyer, of the credit card payment information, the transmission of the credit card payment information being performed under a security protocol for encryption of the credit card payment information, said security protocol providing at least 128 bit encryption for the credit card payment information;

the payment server has a respective IP address different from a respective IP address of the server supporting the website listing the items;

the sending of the credit card payment confirmation information updates the server supporting the website listing the items, with respect to the purchase of the one or more items identified by the buyer, in support of a real-time purchasing/sales environment on the website listing the items;

the server supporting the website listing the items is in one of a first nation state or a second nation state; and

the payment server is in the first nation state.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the security protocol is a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

19. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium and instructions on the medium executable by a processor of a computer system to support online buying over the internet by carrying out operations comprising:

receiving, at a payment server, credit card payment information transmitted from a buyer for payment of one or more items identified for purchase from a website listing the items, wherein the credit card payment information is received after online communication of the buyer has been switched from the website listing the items to a website of the payment server, wherein the switching of the online communication of the buyer is after an indication from the buyer to buy the one or more of the items;

sending the credit card payment information to an established financial channel;

receiving a credit card payment processing decision from the established financial channel; and

sending credit card payment confirmation information;

wherein;

transmission of information about the items for purchase between a server supporting the website listing the items and the buyer, before occurrence of the indication to buy, is less secure than transmission, from the buyer, of the credit card payment information, the transmission of the credit card payment information being performed under a security protocol for encryption of the credit card payment information, said security protocol providing at least 128 bit encryption for the credit card payment information;

the payment server has a respective IP address different from a respective IP address of the website listing the items;

the sending of the credit card payment confirmation information updates the server supporting the website listing the items, with respect to the purchase of the one or more items identified by the buyer, in support of a real-time purchasing/sales environment on the website listing the items;

the server supporting the website listing the items is in at least one of a first nation state or a second nation state; and

the payment server is in the first nation state.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the security protocol is a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.