Patent ID: 7194440
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of billing a client for requested data in a network, the method comprising: requesting data in the network by the client; establishing a secure correction in the network between the client and a server using a security management protocol for the secure connection, the security management protocol being a secure socket layer protocol or a variant of a secure socket layer protocol; providing a certificate including verified data identifying the client and an extension indicating that the certificate is suitable for billing purposes; transmitting, during a handshake process of the security management protocol, a price within this requested data from the server to the client; and transmitting, during the handshake process, an acknowledgment message acknowledging the price from the client to the server, wherein the acknowledgment message is integrated in the security management protocol and contains a digital signature.