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다음과 같은 기능을 한번의 로그인으로 사용 할 수 있습니다.
NTIS 바로가기다음과 같은 기능을 한번의 로그인으로 사용 할 수 있습니다.
DataON 바로가기다음과 같은 기능을 한번의 로그인으로 사용 할 수 있습니다.
Edison 바로가기다음과 같은 기능을 한번의 로그인으로 사용 할 수 있습니다.
Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | UP-0705388 (2000-11-02) |
등록번호 | US-7542936 (2009-07-01) |
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인용정보 | 피인용 횟수 : 0 인용 특허 : 256 |
A method, apparatus and system for marketing, delivering, and collecting payment for information is described. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of providing electronic mail for payment. The invention includes sending an electronic mail message including provided information and a price t
A method, apparatus and system for marketing, delivering, and collecting payment for information is described. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of providing electronic mail for payment. The invention includes sending an electronic mail message including provided information and a price to a customer, the provided information having an inaccessible portion of information. The invention further includes transferring a payment from the customer, and rendering the inaccessible portion of information accessible to the customer.
What is claimed is: 1. A method implemented in an email application program, the method comprising: the email application program receiving an electronic mail message sent to a customer, the electronic mail message including an inaccessible portion of information and a price to access the inaccessi
What is claimed is: 1. A method implemented in an email application program, the method comprising: the email application program receiving an electronic mail message sent to a customer, the electronic mail message including an inaccessible portion of information and a price to access the inaccessible portion of information; the email application program displaying a list of received messages, with each message displayed in the list showing a field for a subject of a corresponding message in the list and a separate field for a price to access an inaccessible portion of the corresponding message in the list; the email application program receiving a request to access the inaccessible portion of information in the electronic mail message; in response to receiving the request, the email application program communicating with a central database to charge a pre-established user account pre-associated with the customer, according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information; and the email application program displaying the inaccessible portion of information to the customer, in response to completion of charging the pre-established user account of the customer according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: charging a surcharge for sending the electronic mail message. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising: maintaining status information corresponding to sending, receiving and rendering of each of the electronic mail messages of the customer. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: responsive to receiving from the customer a refusal of payment for the electronic mail message, discarding the electronic mail message to prevent the electronic mail message from being listed in the email application program; and maintaining status information corresponding to the discarding and further corresponding to the refusal of payment. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising: transferring an initial request for information from the customer to a service provider; wherein the electronic mail message is in response to the initial request from the customer. 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising: distributing advertising of the service provider's services via the email application program. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: transferring a request for specific information from the service provider to the customer; and transferring the specific information from the customer to the service provider. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving an authorization to debit the account held by the customer. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving digital cash from the customer. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein: the charging the user account includes receiving authorization to charge a credit card of the customer and charging the credit card. 11. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving virtual points from the customer. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein: the charging the user account includes receiving authorization to charge a virtual credit card of the customer and charging the virtual credit card. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein: the charging the user account includes charging a digital wallet of the customer. 14. The method of claim 1, further comprising: charging a surcharge for rendering the inaccessible portion accessible; and transferring to a service provider a portion of a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 15. The method of claim 1, further comprising: charging a surcharge for receiving a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information; and transferring a portion of the payment to a service provider. 16. The method of claim 1, wherein: the electronic mail message includes an accessible portion of information; and the method further comprises displaying the accessible portion of information to the customer in the email application program without requiring a payment from the customer. 17. The method of claim 1, further comprising: maintaining account balances for a service provider and the customer and adjusting the account balances to reflect a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 18. The method of claim 1, further comprising: the email application program presenting a user interface to compose an electronic message from the customer, the user interface including a field to specify a recipient, a field to specify an inaccessible portion of the composed electronic message, and a field to specify a price payable to the customer to render the inaccessible portion of the composed electronic message accessible to the recipient. 19. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-established user account is associated with an address of the customer for electronic email messages. 20. A system to implement an email application program, the system comprising: a first logic block of the email application program to receive an electronic mail message sent to a customer, the electronic mail message including an inaccessible portion of information and a price to access the inaccessible portion of information, and to display a list of received messages, with each message displayed in the list showing a field for a subject of a corresponding message in the list and a separate field for a price to access an inaccessible portion of the corresponding message in the list; a second logic block of the email application program coupled to the first logic block to communicate with a central database to charge a pre-established user account pre-associated with the customer, according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information, in response to the email application program receiving a request to access the inaccessible portion of information; and a third logic block of the email application program display the inaccessible portion of information to the customer, in response to completion of charging the pre-established user account of the customer according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 21. The system of claim 20, further comprising: a fourth logic block coupled to the first, second and third logic blocks and configured to maintain status information corresponding to each of the electronic mail messages of the customer; and wherein the second logic block is further configured to transfer to a service provider a portion of a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 22. The system of claim 21, wherein: the second logic block is further configured to receive from the customer a refusal of payment for the electronic mail message; and the third logic block is further configured to discard the electronic mail message from the email application program. 23. The system of claim 22, wherein: the first logic block is further configured to distribute advertising of the service provider's services, transfer an initial request for information from the customer to the service provider, transfer a request for specific information from the service provider to the customer, and transfer the specific information from the customer to the service provider. 24. The system of claim 22, wherein: the second logic block is configured to receive a payment from the customer via: digital cash, credit card, virtual credit card, virtual points, digital wallet, an account held by the customer. 25. The system of claim 20, wherein: the electronic mail message includes an accessible portion of information displayed in the email application program without a need for payment. 26. An apparatus to implement an email application program, the apparatus comprising: means for the email application program receiving an electronic mail message sent to a customer, the electronic mail message including an inaccessible portion of information and a price to access the inaccessible portion of information; means for the email application program displaying a list of received messages, with each message displayed in the list showing a field for a subject of a corresponding message in the list and a separate field for a price to access an inaccessible portion of the corresponding message in the list; means for the email application program receiving a request to access the inaccessible portion of information in the electronic mail message; means for the email application program communicating with a central database, in response to receiving the request, to charge a pre-established user account pre-associated with the customer, according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information; and means for the email application program displaying the inaccessible portion of information to the customer, in response to completion of charging the pre-established user account of the customer according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 27. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising: means for charging a surcharge in response to the means for charging the pre-established user account pre-associated with the email application program. 28. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising: means for maintaining status information corresponding to rendering of each of the electronic mail messages of the customer. 29. The apparatus of claim 28, further comprising: means for receiving from the customer a refusal of payment for the electronic mail message; and means for discarding the electronic mail message in response to the refusal of payment. 30. The apparatus of claim 29, further comprising: means for transferring an initial request for information from the customer to a service provider; wherein the electronic mail message is in response to the initial request for information from the customer. 31. The apparatus of claim 30, further comprising: means for distributing advertising of the service provider's services via the email application program displaying the electronic mail messages of the customer. 32. The apparatus of claim 31, further comprising: means for transferring a request for specific information from the service provider to the customer; and means for transferring the specific information from the customer to the service provider. 33. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein: the means for charging the user account comprises means for receiving an authorization to debit an account held by the customer. 34. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein: the means for charging the user account comprises means for transferring digital cash from the customer. 35. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein: the means for charging the user account comprises means for receiving authorization to charge a credit card of the customer and means for charging the credit card. 36. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein: the means for charging the user account comprises means for transferring virtual points from the customer. 37. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein: the means for charging the user account comprises means for receiving authorization to charge a virtual credit card of the customer and means for charging the virtual credit card. 38. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein: the means for charging the user account comprises means for receiving authorization to charge a digital wallet of the customer and means for charging the digital wallet. 39. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising: means for charging a surcharge for rendering the inaccessible portion of information accessible; and means for transferring to a service provider a portion of a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 40. The apparatus of claim 26, further comprising: means for charging a surcharge for receiving a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information; and means for transferring a portion of the payment to a service provider. 41. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein: the electronic mail message includes an accessible portion of information displayed via the email application program without a payment from the customer. 42. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein: the means for charging the user account comprises means for maintaining account balances for a service provider and the customer and means for adjusting the account balances to reflect a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 43. A machine-readable medium embodying instructions, the instructions causing the processor to perform a method implemented in an email application program, the method comprising: the email application program receiving an electronic mail message sent to a customer, the electronic mail message including an inaccessible portion of information and a price to access the inaccessible portion of information; the email application program displaying a list of received messages, with each message displayed in the list showing a field for a subject of a corresponding message in the list and a separate field for a price to access an inaccessible portion of the corresponding message in the list; the email application program receiving a request to access the inaccessible portion of information in the electronic mail message; in response to receiving the request, the email application program communicating with a central database to charge a pre-established user account pre-associated with the customer, according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information; and the email application program displaying the inaccessible portion of information to the customer, in response to completion of charging the pre-established user account of the customer according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 44. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, the method further comprising: charging a surcharge for sending the electronic mail message. 45. The machine-readable medium of claim 44, the method further comprising: maintaining status information corresponding to rendering of each of the electronic mail messages of the customer. 46. The machine-readable medium of claim 45, the method further comprising: receiving from the customer a refusal of a payment for the electronic mail message; and discarding the electronic mail message in response to the refusal of the payment. 47. The machine-readable medium of claim 46, the method further comprising: transferring an initial request for information from the customer to a service provider. 48. The machine-readable medium of claim 47, the method further comprising: distributing advertising of the service provider's services. 49. The machine-readable medium of claim 48, the method further comprising: transferring a request for specific information from the service provider to the customer; and transferring the specific information from the customer to the service provider. 50. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, wherein: charging the user account includes receiving an authorization to debit an account held by the customer. 51. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, wherein: charging the user account includes transferring digital cash from the customer. 52. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, wherein: charging the user account includes receiving authorization to charge a credit card of the customer and charging the credit card. 53. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, wherein: charging the user account includes transferring virtual points from the customer. 54. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, wherein: charging the user account includes receiving authorization to charge a virtual credit card of the customer and charging the virtual credit card. 55. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, wherein: charging the user account includes receiving authorization to charge a digital wallet of the customer and charging the digital wallet. 56. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, the method further comprising: charging a surcharge for rendering the inaccessible portion accessible; and transferring to a service provider a portion of a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 57. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, the method further comprising: charging a surcharge for receiving a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information; and transferring a portion of the payment to a service provider. 58. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, wherein: the electronic mail message includes an accessible portion of information displayed to the customer by the email application program without a request for payment. 59. The machine-readable medium of claim 43, wherein: charging the user account comprises maintaining account balances for a service provider and the customer and adjusting the account balances to reflect a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 60. A system, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; a network connection coupled to the processor; wherein the processor is configured to operate an email application program which: receives an electronic mail message sent to a customer, the electronic mail message including an inaccessible portion of information and a price to access the inaccessible portion of information; displays a list of received messages, with each message displayed in the list showing a field for a subject of a corresponding message in the list and a separate field for a price to access an inaccessible portion of the corresponding message in the list; receives a request to access the inaccessible portion of information in the electronic mail message; in response to the request, communicates with a central database to charge a pre-established user account pre-associated with the customer, according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information; and displays the inaccessible portion of information to the customer, in response to completion of charging the pre-established user account of the customer according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 61. The system of claim 60, wherein the processor is further configured to: charge a surcharge for sending the electronic mail message. 62. The system of claim 61, wherein the processor is further configured to: maintain status information corresponding to rendering of each of the electronic mail messages of the customer. 63. The system of claim 62, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive from the customer a refusal of payment for the electronic mail message; and discard the electronic mail message in response to the refusal of payment. 64. The system of claim 63, wherein the processor is further configured to: transfer an initial request for information from the customer to a service provider. 65. The system of claim 64, wherein the processor is further configured to: distribute advertising of the service provider's services. 66. The system of claim 65, wherein the processor is further configured to: transfer a request for specific information from the service provider to the customer; and transfer the specific information from the customer to the service provider. 67. The system of claim 66, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive an authorization to debit an account held by the customer according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 68. The system of claim 60, wherein the processor is further configured to: transfer digital cash from the customer according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 69. The system of claim 60, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive authorization to charge a credit card of the customer and charge the credit card according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 70. The system of claim 60, wherein the processor is further configured to: transfer virtual points from the customer according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 71. The system of claim 60, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive authorization to charge a virtual credit card of the customer and charge the virtual credit card according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 72. The system of claim 60, wherein the processor is further configured to: receive authorization to charge a digital wallet of the customer and charge the digital wallet according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 73. The system of claim 60, wherein the processor is further configured to: charge a surcharge for rendering the inaccessible portion accessible; and transfer to a service provider a portion of a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information. 74. The system of claim 60, wherein the processor is further configured to: charge a surcharge for receiving a payment charged according to the price to access the inaccessible portion of information; and transfer a portion of the payment to a service provider. 75. The system of claim 60, wherein: the electronic mail message includes an accessible portion of information displayed to the customer in the email application program without a need for a payment from the customer. 76. The system of claim 60, wherein the processor is further configured to: maintain account balances for a service provider and the customer and adjust the account balances to reflect a payment charged according to the price.
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