Pre-paid electronic access system and method
CA 2434556 A1 · Owner: Hovsepian, Benik · Inventors: Hovsepian, Benik
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A pre-paid electronic access system (112) enables a consumer to receive goods services, or any other type of content through specified designated web sites , by purchasing, in advance a certificate providing access to the system. The access certificate includes an alphanumeric sequence which is authenticated , (158) by the system components prior to allowing access to content (162 164). , Merchants and consumers may also use this type of electronic access to also reduce the risk inherent in business transactions (202 204, 206, 208).
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed January 17, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 17, 2022.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 17, 2024.
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Sources & verification
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