METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRONIC COM

专利名称：METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR

CONDUCTING ELECTRONIC COMMERCETRANSACTIONS USING ELECTRONICTOKENS

发明人：Marvin T. Ling申请号：US12026516申请日：20080205

公开号：US20080147506A1公开日：20080619

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摘要：Methods and apparatus for conducting electronic commerce using electronic

tokens are described. The electronic tokens are issued and maintained by a vendor, whoalso provides products and services that can be purchased or rented using the electronictokens. The electronic tokens may be purchased from the vendor either on-line, using acredit card, or off-line, using a check, money order, purchase order, or other paymentmeans. Because the vendor is the issuer of the electronic tokens, there is no need fortransactions to be handled by a third party, such as a bank or other organization. Thisreduces the overhead involved in conducting electronic commerce, and provides thevendor with a greater amount of control. Additionally, the vendor maintains total controlover the price of the electronic tokens at any time. For vendors who offer softwareproducts for sale or rental, use of electronic tokens makes a variety of rental

arrangements practical, including rental for short periods of time, for a specific numberof uses, or for a specific number of processing.

申请人：Marvin T. Ling

地址：Scottsdale AZ US

国籍：US

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