Direct payment system for web consumers
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCarmine M. DiMascio, Benjamin L. Johnson, Ashok Kumar, Timothy P. Winkler
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Abstract
A method for distributing a plurality of funds to a plurality of content creators is provided. The method may include registering a content creator using a plurality of content creator identifying information when a user visits a content creator webpage. The method may also include receiving a plurality of user interaction data when the user visits the content creator webpage of a registered content creator. The method may further include generating an invoice based on the received plurality of user interaction data. The method may also include disbursing at least one payment to the registered content creator based on the generated invoice.
Claims20
A processor-implemented method for distributing a plurality of funds to a plurality of content creators, the method comprising:
- registering, by a processor, a content creator using a plurality of content creator identifying information when a user visits a content creator webpage;
- receiving a plurality of user interaction data when the user visits the content creator webpage of the registered content creator;
- generating an invoice based on the received plurality of user interaction data;
- and
- disbursing at least one payment to the registered content creator based on the generated invoice.
A computer system for distributing a plurality of funds to a plurality of content creators, the computer system comprising:
- one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
- registering a content creator using a plurality of content creator identifying information when a user visits a content creator webpage;
- receiving a plurality of user interaction data when the user visits the content creator webpage of the registered content creator;
- generating an invoice based on the received plurality of user interaction data;
- and
- disbursing at least one payment to the registered content creator based on the generated invoice.
A computer program product for distributing a plurality of funds to a plurality of content creators, the computer program product comprising:
- one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising:
- program instructions to register a content creator using a plurality of content creator identifying information when a user visits a content creator webpage;
- program instructions to receive a plurality of user interaction data when the user visits the content creator webpage of the registered content creator;
- program instructions to generate an invoice based on the received plurality of user interaction data;
- and
- program instructions to disburse at least one payment to the registered content creator based on the generated invoice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.