Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secure payment of virtual items
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Application No.: US11948399Application Date: 2007-11-30
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Publication No.: US09639831B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Charles P. Schultz , Jose C. Lacal , Von A. Mock , Arnold W. Pittler
- Applicant: Charles P. Schultz , Jose C. Lacal , Von A. Mock , Arnold W. Pittler
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
- Current Assignee: GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Johnson, Marcou & Isaacs, LLC
- Main IPC: G06Q20/12
- IPC: G06Q20/12 ; G06Q20/40

Abstract:
A method (400, 500) and a system (100) of conducting transactions for acquisition of virtual items. The method can include receiving from a user (108) a request to acquire the virtual item. Responsive to an identity indicator (112) that is exclusively unique to an identity confirmation device (110) being communicated from the identity confirmation device, a determination can be made whether the identity indicator corresponds to the user. Responsive to determining that the identity indicator corresponds to the user, the virtual item can be provided to the user. The method also can include receiving from a user a request to acquire the virtual item, receiving from an identity confirmation device an identity indicator exclusively unique to the identity confirmation device, and communicating the request and the identity indicator from the client device to a server (104).
Public/Granted literature
- US20090144633A1 SECURE PAYMENT OF VIRTUAL ITEMS Public/Granted day:2009-06-04
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