Method and apparatus for an online subscription system

摘要

An online subscription service system for subscription merchants that facilitates efficient payment from a subscription customer for a subscription described on a merchant web page, without providing personal sensitive data to employees of the merchant. The online subscription system includes a central system, a portable wireless device, a card processor and a merchant system and a web page with a service code that identifies the merchant and the particular service.

主权项

1. A method for an online subscription system that protects privacy of customer data from the online subscription service merchant comprising the steps of:
a. identifying each subscription service for digital content stored in a data server by a service code of the online subscription merchant; b. enabling connecting a wireless device of a customer to a central system for enabling initiating and canceling a subscription service; c. enabling entering into the wireless device, the service code, a desired password, and a personal number, and sending this data to the central system; d. connecting by the central system to the online subscription merchant system, sending the service code, the desired password and a payment approval notification received from a payment approval network; and e. receiving from the merchant system an activated password, and storing the activated password in the central system for retrieving subsequently by the customer the activated password for accessing the online subscription service, without divulging customer identity data to the online subscription merchant system.