AUTOMATICALLY INVOKED INTERMEDIATION PROCESS FOR NETWORK PURCHASES

摘要

An automatically invoked intermediation process for network purchases by subscribing purchasers (300) from subscribing merchants (302) includes the step of establishing a resource rules database (312) at the network site of each subscribing purchaser which, one aspect of the intermediation process, includes information encoding resource-locator-data identification criteria corresponding to restricted access ports at subscribing merchant sites (302) and access fee information for purchasing content by way of the corresponding port. Upon receipt of a user communication indicating approval, a purchase request message is transmitted to a transaction processing site (304). Upon verification of purchaser site credentials, the target resource is retrieved from the subscribing merchant site using access-restriction override information being encrypted and forwarded to the subscribing purchaser site.