Patent ID: 7389531
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request from a content requestor at a content distributor, for access to a digital content item, the digital content item being provided by a content provider via a network; determining whether a content provider has ranked a first plurality of payment gateways; selectively identifying and presenting a first payment gateway selected from the first plurality of payment gateways according to a ranking of the first plurality of payment gateways, based on a determination that the content provider has ranked the first plurality of payment gateways; selectively determining whether the content distributor has ranked a second plurality of payment gateways, and identifying and presenting a second payment gateway selected from the second plurality of payment gateways according to a ranking of the second plurality of payment gateways, based on a determination that the content provider has not ranked the first plurality of payment gateways and that the content distributor has ranked the second plurality of payment gateways.