Title :
NetBill: An Internet commerce system optimized for network delivered services
Author :
Sirbu, M. ; Tygar, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
NetBill is a business model, set of protocols, and software implementation for supporting commerce in information goods and other network delivered services. It has very low transaction costs for micropayments (around 1 cent for a 10cent item), protects the privacy of the transaction, and is highly scalable. Of special interest is our new certified delivery mechanism which delivers information goods if and only if the customer has payed for them. This paper discusses the design of the NetBill protocol and our World Wide Web (WWW) prototype implementation.
Keywords :
Internet; information services; protocols; Internet commerce system; NetBill; World Wide Web; certified delivery; information goods; low transaction costs; network delivered services; privacy; prototype; Access protocols; Business; Computer science; Costs; Electronic commerce; IP networks; Network servers; Protection; Public policy; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon '95.'Technologies for the Information Superhighway', Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7029-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1995.512358
