# US 2018/0025346 A9 · Retail point of sale (RPOS) apparatus for internet merchandising > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0025346 A9 - Document ID: US20180025346A9 - Status: Published application - Kind: A9 - Application number: 14/791,407 - Filed: 2015-07-04 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2000-06-30 - Inventors: James Leonard Driessen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025346A9 ## CPC - G06Q 20/342: {Cards defining paid or billed services or quantities} - G06Q 20/123: {Shopping for digital content} - G06Q 20/1235: {with control of digital rights management [DRM]} - G06Q 20/20: Point-of-sale [POS] network systems - G06Q 20/3829: {involving key management} - G06Q 20/383: {Anonymous user system} - G06Q 20/40: Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract The present invention is an apparatus for the money transactions required in the selling of merchandise or media content on the Internet and uses at least one in-person contact with the buyer. A predefined transaction originating at a real place of business authorizes access to web content or merchandise from a place off the web. Purchasers (end-users) must physically go to a retail location to choose the Internet media or merchandise shopping cart they wish to acquire where age can be verified if necessary and payment can be made with or without a credit card. Content security using a non-audible or invisible code signal sequence(s) can provide traceability as well as absolute anonymity for the purchaser. This apparatus can be used to conduct transactions off the web so that business can be done on the web. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A payment system for preselected and itemized Internet merchandise or itemized downloadable media material objects, comprising: a retail point of sale establishment; and a physical access CARD for sale in said retail point of sale establishment wherein or whereon the access CARD there is URL information that is an Internet transaction location of said preselected and itemized Internet merchandise or itemized downloadable media material objects wherein purchase of the physical access card authorizes an ownership right in the preselected itemized Internet merchandise or itemized downloadable media material objects. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The payment system of claim 1, wherein the retail point of sale establishment further comprises: a retail store, convenience store, vending machine, parking lot, hallway, lobby, or other physical place to conduct business. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The payment system of claim 1, wherein said ownership rights transaction authorization record further comprises a code. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The payment system of claim 3, wherein said code further comprises a scratch off code. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The payment system of claim 3, wherein said code further comprises a bar code. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The payment system of claim 3, wherein said code further comprises a magnetic strip record. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The payment system of claim 1 wherein said for sale in said retail point of sale establishment further comprises a price wherein said price is at least zero comprising a free sample or any positive amount of payment from a customer to said retail point of sale establishment. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The payment system of claim 1 wherein said physical access CARD is a paper ticket. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The payment system of claim 1 wherein said physical access CARD is a memory storing device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The payment system of claim 1 wherein said physical access CARD is a plastic CARD. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The payment system of claim 1 wherein said physical access CARD is a smart CARD. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The payment system of claim 1 wherein said physical access CARD is placed inside a package. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The payment system of claim 1 wherein said preselected and itemized Internet merchandise or itemized downloadable media material objects is content also recorded on physical media. ### Claim 14 A method of merchandise transfer on a computer network: creating specific online information that is a transaction location of a product; specifying a price wherein the price is specific to the product on a selling computer; receiving payment of the price from a purchaser through a transaction; recording the payment directly or through other computers on the network; causing an authorization as a result of the payment; and causing transfer of ownership rights in the product to the purchaser by granting access or rights to the purchaser on the computer network; wherein the product comprises itemized networked merchandise or downloadable media material objects; wherein the transaction comprises an in person transaction at a retail point of sale location; wherein said payment is associated to the specific online information that is the transaction location of the product. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of merchandise transfer on a computer network in claim 14, wherein said specific information that is an online transaction location of said product further comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of merchandise transfer on a computer network in claim 14, wherein said payment amount is a specific price for said product on said selling computer set to at least zero, comprising a price of free or any positive amount. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of merchandise transfer on a computer network in claim 14, wherein said in person transaction at a retail point of sale location further comprises selling a prepaid card wherein said prepaid card is also specific to said product. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of merchandise transfer on a computer network in claim 14, wherein said retail point of sale location further comprises a retail store, convenience store, vending machine, parking lot, hallway, lobby, or other physical place to conduct business. ### Claim 19 A method for selling itemized Internet merchandise or itemized downloadable media material objects, comprising: placing a physical access CARD for sale in a retail point of sale establishment wherein or whereon the access CARD there is URL information that is an Internet transaction location of said itemized Internet merchandise or itemized downloadable media material objects wherein purchase of the physical access CARD authorizes an ownership right in the itemized Internet merchandise or itemized downloadable media material objects. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method for selling itemized internet merchandise or itemized downloadable media material objects in claim 19, wherein or whereon the access CARD is a prepaid voucher which causes the authorization of an ownership right at a time later than the purchase of the physical access CARD.