摘要 |
System for prepayment of commodities, services and content comprises: a cash value card prepared by a card offeror and representing a certain money value and having a activation code and concealed code. a card reader at a point of sale for such cards, for reading only the activation code of the card as part of the transaction with a sale of the card to a user; s central computer and database system belonging to or representing the card offeror, for receiving from the point of sale the activation code and ID for the point of sale; at least one electronic commodity/service provider attached to the card offeror by agreement and a userÆs computer terminal attached to a network to which the central computer and database system and the electronic commodity/service provider are also attached. The userÆs computer terminal is used for transmitting only the concealed code together with the ID for the electronic commodity/service provider with whom a transaction is desirable and the userÆs choice of commodity/service to the central computer and database system thereby causing payment for the commodity/service to the electronic commodity/service provider.
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