COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS FOR MULTI-MERCHANT PURCHASING ENVIRONMENT FOR DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCTS

A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single t...

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Hauptverfasser: NOLAN SEAN, WALSH DEIRDRE L, BUTTON THOMAS L, BIYANI RAJ, BHAMBRI VIKRAM, WARREN SUSAN, SAUSVILLE PAUL C, HEMPEY MATTHEW D
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase all of the downloadable products in a single transaction. Merchant services are provided by the merchants to facilitate the purchasing of offered items. Interfaces are provided by the multi-merchant purchasing system and merchant services for the system and the services to interact. The interfaces provided by the merchant services enable the multi-merchant purchasing system to obtain information such as item metadata, purchase summary data, locations for downloading the purchased products, locations for obtaining support, and download verification data. The interfaces provided by the multi-merchant purchasing system enable the merchant services to perform tasks such as revoking licenses for products, complete purchases, and add licenses to a locker that includes purchased products.