Retail method over a wide area network

Details Retail method over a wide area network Retail method over a wide area network

1997-08-11

1999-05-04

MacDonald, Allen R.

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

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Electronic shopping

705 26, 705 27, G06F 1760

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058999809

ABSTRACT:
A retail method over a wide area network. The wide area network includes a point of sale computer station, a network service provider server operated by a network service provider, a customer computer station used by a customer and connected to the wide area network through the network service provider server, and a transaction server having access to identification information of the network service provider and the point of sale computer station. The method includes the steps of connecting the customer computer station to the point of sale computer station, purchasing goods from the point of sale computer station by the customer, validation of the purchasing by the transaction server and the network service provider server, charging the customer for the purchase. The step of charging includes a transaction including the steps of billing an account of the customer by the network service provider server a transaction sum and billing by the transaction server an account of the network service provider server the transaction sum. The retail method also includes supplying the goods to the customer and remitting a portion of the transaction sum to a vendor operating the point of sale computer station.

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