Retail point of sale (RPOS) apparatus for internet merchandising
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1. A payment system for a preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or a preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product, comprising:
- a retail point of sale establishment; and
a physical access CARD for sale in said retail point of sale establishment wherein or whereon the physical access CARD is contained URL information providing the internee address of a prepaid Internet transaction location for obtaining or accessing a preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or a preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product, wherein preselection and itemization of the preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or the preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product is assessed before purchase of the physical access CARD, wherein purchase of the physical access CARD provides ownership of the preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or the preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product.
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Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus for the money transactions required in the selling of merchandise or media content on the Internet and uses at least one in-person contact with the buyer. A predefined transaction originating at a real place of business authorizes access to web content or merchandise from a place off the web. Purchasers (end-users) must physically go to a retail location to choose the Internet media or merchandise shopping cart they wish to acquire where age can be verified if necessary and payment can be made with or without a credit card. Content security using a non-audible or invisible code signal sequence(s) can provide traceability as well as absolute anonymity for the purchaser. This apparatus can be used to conduct transactions off the web so that business can be done on the web.
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20 Claims
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1. A payment system for a preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or a preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product, comprising:
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a retail point of sale establishment; and a physical access CARD for sale in said retail point of sale establishment wherein or whereon the physical access CARD is contained URL information providing the internee address of a prepaid Internet transaction location for obtaining or accessing a preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or a preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product, wherein preselection and itemization of the preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or the preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product is assessed before purchase of the physical access CARD, wherein purchase of the physical access CARD provides ownership of the preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or the preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of merchandise transfer on a computer network, comprising:
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creating specific online information that is a transaction location of a preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or a preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product presented on a voucher to a purchaser; specifying a price wherein the price is specific to the product on a selling computer; receiving payment of the price from said purchaser through a transaction; recording the payment directly or through other computers on the network; causing an authorization as a result of the payment; and causing transfer of ownership rights in the product to the purchaser by granting access or rights to the purchaser on the computer network; wherein the product comprises itemized networked merchandise or downloadable media material objects; wherein the transaction comprises an in person transaction at a retail point of sale location; wherein said payment is associated to the specific online information that is the transaction location of the product. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for selling a preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or a preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product, comprising:
placing a physical access CARD for sale in a retail point of sale establishment wherein or whereon the access CARD there is URL information that is an Internet transaction location of said itemized preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or a preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product wherein purchase of the physical access CARD authorizes an ownership right in the preselected and itemized physical Internet merchandise product or a preselected and itemized particular content serialized downloadable media material object product. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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