Recovery and payment of micropayment for internet purchase and wireless purchase of copyright materials

摘要

An apparatus and method for performing business transactions through a network such as an Internet. The technique is applicable in many e-commerce sectors, but can be used for micro sales dealing with micropayment under US $1, because the cost of transactions is low. Internet users request purchase from the content provider via the user's Internet service provider. Internet service providers record transactions to transaction logs. Content providers record transactions to invoice logs. At the end of the billing cycle, a transactional reconciliation carries out a total account log of all Internet service providers and the total invoice log of all content providers. Each Internet service provider purchases after the discovered error has been correctedRequest a translational reconciliation for all purchases made by the subscription contract user during the period. The payment is collected by the transactional reckoning and paid to the content provider based on the invoiced invoice log.