Systems and Methods for Transaction Authorization and Dynamic Memberhips to Facilitate E-Commerce
AssigneeBindo Labs, Inc.
InventorLam Yan Ngan
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Abstract
A method for managing an e-commerce system comprising: accepting an order to sell one or more goods or services from a seller to a buyer; charging the buyer an amount according to the order; holding the amount in an intermediary; receiving a first signal from the buyer upon the seller's delivery of said one or more goods or services; retrieving a second signal; verifying the first signal against the second signal; and making at least a portion of the amount available to the seller if the first signal and the second signal satisfy a predetermined relationship.
Claims20
A method for managing an e-commerce system comprising:
- accepting an order to sell one or more goods or services from a seller to a buyer;
- charging the buyer an amount according to the order;
- holding the amount in an intermediary;
- receiving a first signal from the buyer upon the seller's delivery of said one or more goods or services;
- retrieving a second signal;
- verifying the first signal against the second signal;
- and
- making at least a portion of the amount available to the seller if the first signal and the second signal satisfy a predetermined relationship.
A computer system for managing an e-commerce system, the computer system comprising:
- a data processor;
- a memory storage device comprising a plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of modules comprise:
- a first module comprising a first computer code executable by the data processor, wherein upon execution of the first computer code, the first module accepts an order to sell one or more goods or services from a seller to a buyer;
- a second module comprising a second computer code executable by the data processor, wherein upon execution of the second computer code, the second module charges the buyer an amount according to the order;
- a third module comprising a third computer code executable by the data processor, wherein upon execution of the third computer code, the third module synchronizes an algorithm for generating signals with the buyer;
- a fourth module comprising a fourth computer code executable by the data processor, wherein upon execution of the fourth computer code, the fourth module receives a first signal from the buyer upon seller's delivery of said goods or services;
- a fifth module comprising a fifth computer code executable by the data processor, wherein upon execution of the fifth computer code, the fifth module retrieves a second signal;
- a sixth module comprising sixth computer code executable by the data processor, wherein upon execution of the sixth computer code, the sixth module verifies the first signal against the second signal;
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- a seventh module comprising seventh computer code executable by the data processor, wherein upon execution of the seventh computer code, the seventh module makes at least a portion of the amount available to seller if the first signal and the second signal satisfy a predetermined relationship.
A system for managing an e-commerce transactions comprising:
- a shopping module;
- an order verification module;
- and
- a payment module;
- wherein the shopping module accepts an order from a buyer for a purchase of a product or service, charges the buyer an amount according to the order and holds the amount in an intermediary;
- wherein the order verification module verifies the buyer's receipt and acceptance of the purchase;
- and
- wherein the payment module makes at least a portion of the amount available to the seller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.