Patent ID: 6591267
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A network consumption method comprising:an option-providing step of simultaneously providing a plurality of consumption activities for a user to select from in such a manner that the user is allowed to clearly distinguish between which ones of the consumption activities have once been paid for and which ones of the consumption activities have never been paid for; an option acceptance step of selecting one of the consumption activities to be performed; a first activity performing step of performing the selected one of the consumption activities without charging the user again if the selected one of the consumption activities has once been paid for; a confirmation step of notifying the user that a first time payment is necessary if the selected one of the consumption activities has never been paid for; a second activity performing step of performing the selected one of the consumption activities if the selected one of the consumption activities has never been paid for and is confirmed by the user for making the first time payment; and a recording step of registering the selected one of the consumption activities as a has-once-been-paid-for consumption activity if the first time payment has been made by the user for the selected one of the consumption activities which has never been paid for.