| 摘要 |
Described herein are methods and apparatus for providing a reputation-building voluntary digital commerce system. Under this system, a new type of payment referred to herein as a “Compelled Payment” is a voluntary digital payment that contributes to building the consumer's reputation (the “C-Rep”). The C-Rep is, in certain embodiments, a quantity which has one or more attributes that provide a measure of the consumer's stature, in absolute terms or in comparison with others. In a compelled payment system, the consumer's C-Rep may determines significant aspects of the consumer's digital experience such as the speed, variety, currency (i.e. how recent), quality and quantity of digital content, goods or services (i.e. the wares) the consumer is offered or is able to access anywhere in the consumer's digital experience with C-Merchants. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a consumer, via a network, a request for information regarding wares available from a merchant; identifying, by a processor of a computing device, from the request, a consumer identification; obtaining, from a compelled payment broker, a consumer reputation score associated with the consumer identification, wherein the consumer reputation score is based in part upon one or more payments made by the consumer in relation to one or more prior wares provided to the consumer by one or more merchants; identifying, by the processor, one or more wares; providing, to the consumer at a second computing device, information regarding the one or more wares; and at least one of a) identifying the one or more wares and b) providing information regarding the one or more wares is based in part upon the consumer reputation score. |
