US 2010/0138314 A1 · METHOD FOR PROVIDING MICRO BILLING FOR GENERIC INTERNET SERVICE IN AN ACCESS NETWORK

Abstract

The method for providing micro-billing for internet services includes establishing a micro-billing agent (MBA) within a user's access point (i.e., Internet Service Provider—ISP). The MBA contains the user's billing information and keeps that information exclusive to the MBA. By retaining the user's information with their access point, the user can conduct more secure online transactions, particularly for low cost transactions, without the inconvenience of inputting or transferring personal purchasing information to the online store. According to one aspect, the purchase page may be previously encoded with a micro-billing option which would enable the MBA to obtain user authorizations in online transactions in a more streamlined and secure manner.

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Dependent claims

A method for online billing comprising the steps of:

providing billing information for a user to a micro-billing agent at a an access point, said micro-billing agent containing billing information that remains exclusively contained within the micro-billing agent for online transactions;
and
detecting a presence of a micro-billing transaction identifier at the access point, by using a micro-billing filter where the micro billing agent uses the micro-billing transaction identifier externally of said access point to conduct a transaction without transmitting said billing information externally of said access point.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for providing micro billing for generic internet service in an access network

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Method for providing micro billing for generic internet service in an access network

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Abstract

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