Appeal No. 2003-1022
Application No. 09/152,810
item to be purchased is identified by a purchaser over the
Internet on a vendor server and the purchaser then places a
telephone call over a telephone network to a billing server.
During the telephone call, the billing server receives a billing
amount for the item and a financial account and the purchaser is
provided with a confirmation number. The confirmation number is
then sent, via the Internet, to the vendor server by the
purchaser. After verification of the confirmation number, the
vendor sends the item to the purchaser and the vendor server
sends the confirmation number to the billing server over the
telephone network.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of purchasing an item by a purchaser, said
method comprising:
(a) providing an identity of the item to the purchaser from
a vendor server over a first network;
(b) receiving a telephone call at a billing server over a
second network from the purchaser;
(c) receiving a billing amount for the item and a financial
account during the telephone call;
(d) providing a confirmation number and a cancel code to the
purchaser during the telephone call;
(e) receiving the confirmation number at the vendor server
over the first network from the purchaser; and
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