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US 8,224,907 B2Granted
System and method for transmitting illusory identification characteristics
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsAlexander J. Cohen, Edward K. Y. Jung, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, William H. Mangione-Smith, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Clarence T. Tegreene
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Abstract
Methods and systems for associating one or more fees with transmissions of one or more illusory identification characteristics are provided.
Claims41
A method comprising:
- associating, by a server system, one or more fees with a transmission of one or more illusory identification characteristics associated with one or more first users to one or more second users;
- charging, by the server system, the one or more fees to one or more user accounts;
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- transmitting, by the server system, one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, wherein said transmitting, by the server system, one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users further comprises:
- transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users, wherein said transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users further comprises:
- transmitting one or more billing statements including the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, the one or more illusory user identification characteristics to be included in the one or more billing statements in place of all non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users in the one or more billing statements resulting in the one or more billing statements having no non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users.
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A system comprising:
- means for associating one or more fees with a transmission of one or more illusory identification characteristics associated with one or more first users to one or more second users;
- means for charging the one or more fees to one or more user accounts;
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- means for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, wherein said means for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users further comprises:
- means for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users, wherein said means for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users further comprises:
- means for transmitting one or more billing statements including the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, the one or more illusory user identification characteristics to be included in the one or more billing statements in place of all non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users in the one or more billing statements resulting in the one or more billing statements having no non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users.
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A system comprising:
- circuitry for associating one or more fees with a transmission of one or more illusory identification characteristics associated with one or more first users to one or more second users;
- circuitry for charging the one or more fees to one or more user accounts;
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- circuitry for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, wherein said circuitry for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users further comprises:
- circuitry for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users, wherein said circuitry for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users further comprises:
- circuitry for transmitting one or more billing statements including the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, the one or more illusory user identification characteristics to be included in the one or more billing statements in place of all non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users in the one or more billing statements resulting in the one or more billing statements having no non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- one or more non-transitory storage mediums bearing:
- one or more instructions for associating one or more fees with a transmission of one or more illusory identification characteristics associated with one or more first users to one or more second users;
- one or more instructions for charging the one or more fees to one or more user accounts;
- and
- one or more instructions for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, wherein said one or more instructions for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users further comprises:
- one or more instructions for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users, wherein said one or more instructions for transmitting one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users further comprises:
- one or more instructions for transmitting one or more billing statements including the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, the one or more illusory user identification characteristics to be included in the one or more billing statements in place of all non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users in the one or more billing statements resulting in the one or more billing statements having no non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users.
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A system comprising:
- one or more computing devices;
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- one or more instructions that when executed on the one or more computing devices cause the one or more computing devices to
- associate one or more fees with one or more transmissions of one or more illusory identification characteristics associated with one or more first users to one or more second users;
- charge the one or more fees to one or more user accounts;
- and
- transmit one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, wherein said transmitting of the one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users further comprises:
- transmit one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users, wherein said transmitting of the one or more billing statements to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users according to the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users further comprises:
- transmit one or more billing statements including the one or more illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users to at least one of the one or more first users and the one or more second users, the one or more illusory user identification characteristics to be included in the one or more billing statements in place of all non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users in the one or more billing statements resulting in the one or more billing statements having no non-illusory user identification characteristics associated with the one or more first users.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.