INTERNET BILLING SERVICE DESIGN AND PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATION
Marvin A. Sirbu · 2007
A group of students in the M.S. program in Information Networking at Carnegie Mellon University have designed and implemented a prototype of an Internet Billing Service--an electronic credit card service for the Internet environment. The service provides account management, authentication, access control, credit verification, management reporting, billing and collection services to network-based service providers. 1. Introduction A worldwide data networking infrastructure is gradually falling into place which will allow consumers and service providers to interact in a vast electronic marketplace. In France some 9,000 services are available over the Minitel network. In the U.S., access to electronic databases generates billions of dollars a year in business. As networked computers proliferate at home and in the workplace, more and more consumers are in a position to shop in the electronic marketplace. _________________________________ * This report represents the collective work of 13 ...