Patent ID: 8332325

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving an authorization request message at a payment processing network from a merchant in a transaction to purchase non-financial electronic content, wherein the non-financial electronic content is selected at the merchant by a user using an access device; sending the authorization request message by the payment processing network to an issuer; receiving, by the payment processing network, an authorization response message from the issuer; sending, by the payment processing network, the authorization response message to the merchant; receiving, at the payment processing network, a request to establish a secure communications channel between the access device and the payment processing network; establishing a secure communications channel between the access device and the payment processing network; receiving the non-financial electronic content from the merchant at the payment processing network; sending the non-financial electronic content, by the payment processing network, to the access device via the secure communications channel between the access device and the payment processing network; and providing a certified receipt to the user, the certified receipt certifying that the non-electronic content is assured and certified by the payment processing network.