METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENABLING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS

摘要

Method for payment through the Internet (12) while utilizing a multi positio n character code (22), wherein a first Internet connection (11) is established between a customer and a merchant and a payment order is put by the customer . A first section of said character code is transferred from a computer (10) associated to said customer to a computer (13) associated to said merchant through said first Internet connection (11). The computer (13) associated to the merchant transfers said first section of the character code (22) to a computer (15) associated to a payment agency through a separate connection, and a second Internet connection (14) between the payment agency and a customer is initiated by the computer (13) associated to the merchant. At least a further section of the character code (22) is transferred from the computer (10) associated to the customer to the computer (15) associated to the payment agency, and the payment is then executed by the computer (15) associated to said payment agency.