METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS IN A COMPUTER-BASED COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

The invention relates to a method and a system for carrying out payment transactions in a computer-based communication network, which comprises a terminal user unit, a supplier computer system of a supplier of chargeable content data and a payment computer system of a service provider for carrying out payment transactions by way of payments in kind. According to said method and system, order data are transmitted from the supplier computer system to the payment computer system, which data comprise cost data indicating the costs for the desired access to the content data and access data specifying how the content data can be accessed.