Patent ID: 9082122
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing an e-commerce system comprising: accepting, by a processor of an intermediary device, via a network, a transaction request between a seller device of a seller and a buyer device of a buyer for one or more goods or services; charging, by the processor of the intermediary device, the buyer of the buyer device an amount according to the transaction request; holding, by the processor of the intermediary device, the amount in the intermediary; receiving, by the processor of the intermediary device, a request for a first signal corresponding to the transaction; generating, by the processor of the intermediary device, the first signal responsive to receiving the request; providing, by the processor of the intermediary device, the first signal unique to the transaction request to the buyer device via the network; receiving, by the processor of the intermediary device, a second signal generated by and transmitted from the seller device via the network upon the seller's indication of delivery of said one or more goods or services via input to the seller's device, the second signal corresponding to the transaction request; determining, by the processor of the intermediary device, that the second signal satisfies a predetermined relationship with the first signal; and making, by the processor of the intermediary device, at least a portion of the amount available to the seller responsive to determining that the first signal and the second signal satisfy a predetermined relationship.