Patent ID: 6810525
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04N

Abstract:
A method of providing secure impulse pay-per-use (IPPU) services to a subscriber over a communication network, comprising the steps of:sending a subscriber IPPU selection from the subscriber to an access controller; generating at the access controller an encrypted message having a service identifier and associated authorization settings related to the subscriber IPPU selection; communicating said encrypted message from the access controller to a subscriber terminal together with the cost of the IPPU service selected by the subscriber; verifying that said cost is within a credit entitlement of said subscriber, and if such verification is successful, generating a secure entitlement token for use by a client application residing in the subscriber terminal; securely sending the entitlement token from the client application to a server for determining the status of the subscriber's entitlement; and processing the IPPU selection at said server for enabling the selection to be used by the subscriber upon processing of the selection and associated entitlement.