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System, method and article of manufacture for remote virtual point of sale processing utilizing a multichannel, extensible, flexible architecture    

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United States Patent5889863   
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Inventor(s)Weber; Jay C. (Menlo Park, CA)
AbstractAn architecture that provides a server that communicates bidirectionally with a client over a first communication link, over which service requests flow to the server for one or more merchants and/or consumers is disclosed. Service requests are associated with a particular merchant based on storefront visited by a consumer or credentials presented by a merchant. Service requests result in merchant specific transactions that are transmitted to the gateway for further processing on existing host applications. By presenting the appropriate credentials, the merchant could utilize any other computer attached to the Internet utilizing a SSL or SET protocol to query the server remotely and obtain capture information, payment administration information, inventory control information, audit information and process customer satisfaction information.
   














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Inventor     Weber; Jay C. (Menlo Park, CA)
Owner/Assignee     VeriFone, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
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Publication Date     March 30, 1999
Application Number     08/664,824
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Filing Date     June 17, 1996
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Examiner     Gregory; Bernarr E.
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Attorney/Law Firm     Warren, Jr.; Sanford E.
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What is claimed is:

1. A method for communicating between a remote client and a server, comprising the steps of:

establishing a communication link between the remote client and the server;

transmitting one or more data elements from the remote client to the server via the communication link;

parsing the one or more data elements and extracting one or more digital credentials from the one or more data elements;

authenticating the one or more digital credentials to verify that a user of the remote client is authorized to perform one or more merchant related functions of an electronic commerce application residing on the server; and

allowing the user of the remote client to access the one or more merchant related functions of the electronic commerce application if the user of the remote client is authorized.

2. The method of claim 1, including the step of formatting the one or more data elements in accordance with a secure electronic protocol.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication link operates under the HTTP protocol.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein messages related to the one or more merchant related functions are formatted as a MIME-encapsulated PKCS-7 message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more digital credentials comprise public key certificates.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more digital credentials comprise passwords.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a payment administration module is accessed by the user of the remote client.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more transactions are submitted from the remote client, which is at a different location than that of the server.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein payment authorization functions are accessed by the user of the remote client.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein inventory control functions are accessed by the user of the remote client.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein auditing functions are accessed by the user of the remote client.

12. A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for communicating between a remote client and a server, comprising:

a code segment for establishing a communication link between the remote client and the server;

a code segment for transmitting one or more data elements from the remote client to the server via the communication link;

a code segment for parsing the one or more data elements and extracting one or more digital credentials from the one or more data elements;

a code segment for authenticating the one or more digital credentials to verify that a user of the remote client is authorized to perform one or more merchant related functions of an electronic commerce application residing on the server; and

a code segment for allowing the user of the remote client to access the one or more merchant related functions of the electronic commerce application if the user of the remote client is authorized.

13. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, including a code segment for formatting the one or more data elements in accordance with a secure electronic protocol.

14. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, wherein the communication link operates under the HTTP protocol.

15. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, wherein the messages related to the one or more merchant related functions are formatted as a MIME-encapsulated PKCS-7 message.

16. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, wherein the one or more digital credentials comprise public key certificates.

17. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, wherein the one or more digital credentials comprise passwords.

18. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, wherein a payment administration module is accessed by the user of the remote client.

19. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, wherein one or more transactions are submitted from the remote client, which is at a different location than that of the server.

20. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, wherein payment authorization functions are accessed by the user of the remote client.

21. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, wherein inventory control functions are accessed accessed the user of the remote client.

22. The computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium as recited in claim 12, wherein auditing functions are accessed by the user of the remote client.