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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
John Joseph Mascavage, Iii, San Mateo, CA (US);
Margaret Morgan Weichert, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert Edwin Dravenstott, San Mateo, CA (US);
John Joseph Mascavage, III, San Mateo, CA (US);
Margaret Morgan Weichert, San Carlos, CA (US);
Robert Edwin Dravenstott, San Mateo, CA (US);
The Western Union Company, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
According to the invention, a process for authorizing an online purchase between a customer and a vendor site is disclosed. In one step, transaction information is received from the vendor site. A new web browser window is automatically opened for the customer. A transaction amount is presented in a new browser window. The customer is capable of assenting to the transaction amount through interaction with the new web browser window. Authorization is received from the customer of a debit for the transaction amount to cover the online purchase. The vendor site is notified of the authorization.