Tv shopping monitor and notification system
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorCarolyn Christine Ramsey-Catan
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Abstract
A remote purchase controller for a remote purchase electronic payment account has absolute or periodic limits associated with one or more authorized account users. When a remote purchase transaction would exceed the available limit for a requesting user, including any associated over-draft margin, some form of override of the limit is sought, such as by direct override approval or by allocation of at least a portion of the remote purchase transaction amount against another user's limit. If the limit remains, the remote purchase transaction is held until the beginning of a next period, when the transaction may be either automatically executed or submitted for reapproval by the requesting user.
Claims20
A system for monitoring and controlling remote purchases comprising:
- a home access device selectively coupled to at least one communications system;
- and
- a remote purchase controller controlling remote purchases over the at least one communications network involving the home access device, the remote purchase controller:
- responsive to detecting an attempt to execute a remote purchase transaction, determining whether the remote purchase transaction should be completed based upon a remote purchase limit;
- and
- responsive to determining that the remote purchase transaction should not be completed, holding the remote purchase transaction for processing during a subsequent period.
A home access device for monitoring and controlling remote purchases comprising:
- a communications connection to at least one communications system;
- and
- a remote purchase controller controlling remote purchases over the at least one communications network involving the home access device, the remote purchase controller:
- responsive to detecting an attempt to execute a remote purchase transaction, determining whether the remote purchase transaction should be completed based upon a remote purchase limit;
- and
- responsive to determining that the remote purchase transaction should not be completed, holding the remote purchase transaction for processing during a subsequent period.
A method for monitoring and controlling remote purchases comprising:
- responsive to detecting an attempt to execute a remote purchase transaction, determining whether the remote purchase transaction should be completed based upon a remote purchase limit;
- and
- responsive to determining that the remote purchase transaction should not be completed, holding the remote purchase transaction for processing during a subsequent period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.