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Scalable, Secure Cash Payment for WWW Resources with the PayMe Protocol Set

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Michael Peirce,

Donal O'MahonyAuthors Info & Claims

WWW4: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on World Wide Web

Pages 587 - 601

https://doi.org/10.1145/3592626.3592674

Published: 11 December 1995 Publication History

Abstract

The use of the WWW as an electronic marketplace is increasing, and there is a need for a cash payment system that is scalable, anonymous, and secure. In this paper we examine two existing systems, Ecash and NetCash, discuss their strengths and weaknesses and propose a new system called the PayMe Transfer Protocol (PMTP). We show how it improves on existing systems and illustrate its use with an example based on purchase of goods across the WWW.

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WWW4: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on World Wide Web

December 1995

737 pages

ISBN:1565921690

DOI:10.1145/3592626

Conference Chairs:
Albert Vezza
MIT-Laboratory for Computer Science
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Ira Goldstein
OSF-Research Institute
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Tim Berners-Lee
MIT-Laboratory for Computer Science

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Herzberg AKou W(2003)MicropaymentsPayment Technologies for E-Commerce10.1007/978-3-662-05322-5_12(245-282)Online publication date: 2003
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05322-5_12
Wang HZhang YCao J(2003)A Flexible Payment Scheme and Its User-Role AssignmentCooperative Internet Computing10.1007/978-1-4615-0435-1_7(107-127)Online publication date: 2003
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0435-1_7
Shon TSwatman P(1998)Identifying effectiveness criteria for Internet payment systemsInternet Research10.1108/106622498102177598:3(202-218)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1998
https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249810217759

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