Method and apparatus for ordering goods, services and content over an internetwork

摘要

A computer-readable medium having a computer-executable component for processing an order for a product placed by a consumer computer (42) connected to an internetwork of computers and servers, the computer-executable component comprises a billing component that processes the order by: - (a) Providing the consumer computer (42) with a premium telephone number for establishing a premium communication link between the consumer computer (42) and the billing server (34); and (b) Providing the consumer computer (42) with access information that comprises: access identification to a designated communication session between the consumer's computer (42) and a merchant server (39) connected to the internetwork; a password for claiming the ordered product; a locator for the ordered product identifying the location of the product on the merchant server (39) connected to the internetwork. This enables the consumer computer (42) to access the ordered product while the consumer computer (42) and the billing server (34) are connected via the premium communication link. (62) Divided out of 507808