Appeal 2007-1554
Application 10/844,387
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We AFFIRM.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim an electronic commerce method conducted over public
computer networks which is said to create and validate digital receipts for third-
party electronic transactions (Specification 3:3-5).
Claim 34, reproduced below, is representative of the subject matter on
appeal (reference numerals and Figure numbers added).
34. A method for providing a digital receipt as a Web Service [Fig. 1, 1.3]
for a third-party electronic transaction carried out over a public network, the
receipt validating details of the electronic transaction and comprising a transaction
record identifying transaction details, the method comprising:
creating the transaction record based upon details of a completed transaction
[Fig. 1, service 1.2];
sending the transaction record to a computer that digitally signs and encrypts
the record [Fig. 1 1.2 to 1.3,1.4];
forming a digital receipt comprising the encrypted transaction record [Fig. 3,
3.1];
configuring the digital receipt to enable display in a Web page [Fig. 9]; and
returning the digital receipt to at least one party to the completed transaction [Fig.
4, 4.8], wherein details in the transaction record are protected from modification by
the parties to the transaction.
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