System and method of delayed billing for on-demand products
AssigneeCsidentity Corporation
InventorsIsaac CHAPA, Steven HATLEY, Joe ROSS
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a binding request for an on-demand identity product from a consumer. The method also includes attempting to provide the on-demand identity product. The method further includes, responsive to the binding request, ascertaining delayed-billing settings that are applicable to the on-demand identity product. In addition, the method includes delaying billing of the on-demand identity product until it can be confirmed that the identity-product provision system has complied with the delayed-billing settings.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- on an identity-product provision system comprising at least one server computer, receiving a binding request for an on-demand identity product from a consumer;
- the identity-product provision system providing the on-demand identity product;
- the identity-product provision system ascertaining delayed-billing settings that are applicable to the on-demand identity product;
- and
- the identity-product provision system delaying billing of the on-demand identity until it can be confirmed that the identity-product provision system has complied with the delayed-billing settings.
An identity-product provision system comprising:
- at least one server computer, wherein the at least one server computer is operable to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a binding request for an on-demand identity product from a consumer;
- providing the on-demand identity product;
- ascertaining delayed-billing settings that are applicable to the on-demand identity product;
- and
- delaying billing of the on-demand identity product until it can be confirmed that the identity-product provision system has complied with the delayed-billing settings.
A computer-program product comprising a computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:
- receiving a binding request for an on-demand identity product from a consumer;
- providing the on-demand identity product;
- ascertaining delayed-billing settings that are applicable to the on-demand identity product;
- and
- delaying billing of the on-demand identity product until it can be confirmed that the identity-product provision system has complied with the delayed-billing settings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.