Patent ID: 7356597

Claim:
A method for distributing products via a transmission network, the network connecting a customer processor related to a customer, to a plurality of provision processors related to product providers, and to a transaction processor for distributing and billing said products, the method comprising the steps of: the customer selecting, via the customer processor and through the transmission network, one of the provision processors so as to define a selected provision processor, and ordering a specific product through the selected provision processor; the selected provision processor and the transaction processor, establishing a first connection with each other and via the transmission network, and the provision processor sending information regarding the specific product and also transaction information over the first connection to the transaction processor; the transaction processor establishing a second connection with the customer processor, via the transmission network, and sending, via the second connection, the product information received from the provision processor to the customer processor; and the transaction processor processing the transaction information and sending billing information to a collection address.