Digital content billing via multiple channels

Details Digital content billing via multiple channels Digital content billing via multiple channels

2009-05-26

2011-12-06

Zeender, Ryan (Department: 3627)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Accounting

C455S406000, C455S418000, C379S114200, C379S114010, C379S114160

Reexamination Certificate

active

08073749

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments related to billing for digital content via multiple billing channels with different permissible prices are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a digital content server configured to receive from a content provider an input of a digital content item, send to the content provider a list of suggested prices that are permissible in each billing channel, and then receive an input of a selected price for the content item. If the selected price is from the list of suggested prices, then billing is enabled via each of the billing. On the other hand, if the selected price for the digital content item is not from the list of suggested prices, then billing is enabled via a first subset of billing channels for which the selected price is permissible, and not enabled via a second subset of billing channels for which the selected price is not permissible.

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