Method of billing a purchase made over a computer network
First Claim
1. A method of effecting a sale over a computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a user passes fraud control before effecting the sale over a computer network by receiving computer-network address information associated with a user, the computer-network address information being received from the computer network;
receiving computer-network address information from the user;
comparing the computer-network address information received from the computer network to the computer-network address information received from the user;
requesting information associated with a method-of-payment from the user when the computer-network address information received from the computer network matches the computer-network address information received from the user;
receiving the information associated with the method-of-payment from the user; and
completing a sale transaction based on the received information associated with the method-of-payment.
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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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54 Claims
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1. A method of effecting a sale over a computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining whether a user passes fraud control before effecting the sale over a computer network by receiving computer-network address information associated with a user, the computer-network address information being received from the computer network;
receiving computer-network address information from the user;
comparing the computer-network address information received from the computer network to the computer-network address information received from the user;
requesting information associated with a method-of-payment from the user when the computer-network address information received from the computer network matches the computer-network address information received from the user;
receiving the information associated with the method-of-payment from the user; and
completing a sale transaction based on the received information associated with the method-of-payment. - 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, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method of effecting a sale over a computer network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving computer-network address information associated with a user, the computer-network address information being received from the computer network;
receiving computer-network address information from the user;
comparing the computer-network address information received from the computer network with the computer-network address information received from the user;
requesting information associated with a method-of-payment from the user when the computer-network address information received from the computer network matches the computer-network address information received from the user;
receiving the information associated with the method-of-payment from the user; and
completing a sale transaction based on the received information associated with the method-of-payment.
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