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AssigneeeCharge Corporation
InventorsRobin Hutchison, Michael Maydaniuk, George Fleming, Denis Heinrichs, P. Linkletter, Iain Begg, Darren Hagman, Roberto Dominguez, Jun Huang
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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 telephone number assigned and administered by the telephone service provider.
An apparatus for ordering a product via an internetwork formed by a plurality of computers and servers, the apparatus comprising:
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