Payment and transactions in electronic commerce system
US6029150A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q20/401
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of payment in an electronic payment system wherein a plurality of customers have accounts with an agent. A customer obtains an authenticated quote from a specific merchant, the quote including a specification of goods and a payment amount for those goods. The customer sends to the agent a single communication including a request for payment of the payment amount to the specific merchant and a unique identification of the customer. The agent issues to the customer an authenticated payment advice based only on the single communication and secret shared between the customer and the agent and status information which the agent knows about the merchant and/or the customer. The customer forwards a portion of the payment advice to the specific merchant. The specific merchant provides the goods to the customer in response to receiving the portion of the payment advice.
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