Appeal 2007-2742
Application 09/764,618
1 The Appellants invented a computerized electronic auction payment system for
2 real-time payment for an item won on an electronic auction, where users access the
3 computerized electronic auction payment system by remote terminals via an
4 electronic network, such as the Internet (Specification 1:4-8).
5 An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
6 claim 1, which is reproduced below [bracketed matter and some paragraphing
7 added].
8 1. A method
9 for effecting payment for a purchaser of at least one item
10 offered for an electronic auction sale by a seller
11 via an electronic auction web site
12 maintained by at least one computing device of an electronic
13 auction system,
14 said method comprising the steps of:
15 [1] maintaining
16 [a] a database of a plurality of electronic auction payment
17 accounts
18 [i] corresponding to a plurality of users, including the
19 purchaser, of said electronic auction web site and
20 [b] a payment segment of said electronic auction web site
21 [2] by an electronic auction payment system
22 [a] integrated with said electronic auction system,
23 [b] each of said plurality of electronic auction payment
24 accounts configured for storing funds therein and
25 [c] each capable of being used for user transactions in the
26 electronic auction system;
27 [3] performing at least one payment-related activity
28 [a] by said electronic auction payment system for effecting
29 payment for said purchaser,
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