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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2005
Robin B. Hutchison, Vancouver, CA;
Michael T. G. Maydaniuk, Port Moody, CA;
George A. Fleming, White Rock, CA;
Denis N. Heinrichs, Port Moody, CA;
P. Carl Linkletter, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Iain M. Begg, Vancouver, CA;
Darren W. Hagman, Vancouver, CA;
Roberto Dominguez, Vancouver, CA;
Jun Huang, Burnaby, CA;
Robin B. Hutchison, Vancouver, CA;
Michael T. G. Maydaniuk, Port Moody, CA;
George A. Fleming, White Rock, CA;
Denis N. Heinrichs, Port Moody, CA;
P. Carl Linkletter, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Iain M. Begg, Vancouver, CA;
Darren W. Hagman, Vancouver, CA;
Roberto Dominguez, Vancouver, CA;
Jun Huang, Burnaby, CA;
eCharge Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A billing system that allows a consumer to order products from computers connected to the Internet, wherein the consumer is automatically billed for the ordered good or service by its telephone service provider. When a consumer orders a product over the Internet, a plug-in component of the consumer's computer establishes an Internet connection to a billing server. A billing server component transfers an encrypted version of the product to the plug-in component. The plug-in component then disconnects from the Internet and establishes a point-to-point (PPP) connection with the billing server. During the PPP connection, the billing server component transfers an access key assigned to the order to the plug-in component so that the plug-in component may decrypt the product. The consumer is charged a unit rate or 'drop-charge' for the product by the telephone service provider when the PPP connection is established using a premium-rate telephone number assigned and administered by the telephone service provider.