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                                EXHIBIT 3.1(i)
                                       
                                       
                      CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER
                                       
                                    MERGING
                                       
                                 FVC.COM, INC.
                            a Delaware Corporation
                                       
                                     INTO
                                       
                           FIRST VIRTUAL CORPORATION
                            a Delaware Corporation
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                        Pursuant to Section 253 of the
                General Corporation Law of the State of Delware
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     First Virtual Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,

     DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     FIRST:    That this corporation owns all of the outstanding shares of
FVC.COM, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

     SECOND:   That this corporation, by the following resolutions of its Board
of Directors, duly adopted by Unanimous Written Consent pursuant to Section
141(f) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware on the 28th day
of July, 1998, determined to merge FVC.COM, Inc. into itself on the terms and
conditions set forth in such resolutions:

               RESOLVED, that FVC.COM, Inc. be merged with and into
          the Corporation and that the Corporation be the surviving
          corporation in such merger;

               FURTHER RESOLVED, that the merger shall become
          effective upon the date and time of the filing of a
          Certificate of Ownership and Merger with the Secretary of
          State of the State of Delaware;

               FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon the effectiveness of the
          merger, the Corporation shall assume all of the liabilities
          and obligations of FVC.COM, Inc.; and

               FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon the effectiveness of the
          merger, the name of the Corporation shall be changed to
          "FVC.COM, Inc." and 


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          Article I of the Amended and Restated Certificate of 
          Incorporation of the Corporation shall be amended to read as 
          follows:

               "I:  The name of the corporation is:
               
                                FVC.COM, Inc."

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Ownership and Merger is hereby
executed on behalf of the surviving Corporation, First Virtual Corporation, and
attested to by its officers thereunto duly authorized.


Dated as of July 31, 1998

                                   FIRST VIRTUAL CORPORATION
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   By: /s/ James O. Mitchell
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                                      James O. Mitchell
                                      Vice President and Chief
                                      Financial Officer


ATTEST:



By: /s/ Lee F. Benton
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   Lee F. Benton,
   Secretary


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