方法クレームです。
“Member-supported mobile payment system”
US 8249965B2 (Nokia)
1. A method comprising:
receiving, via a computer network, a plurality of merchant contributions to fund a member payment system;
placing the merchant contributions into at least one pooled trust account, wherein the contributions are recorded on a server and merchants will not receive interest on their contributions;
permitting a plurality of consumers to become registered users of the member payment system without charge via a network;
permitting registered users to send instructions to a server to load or unload funds into a working account of the member payment system without charge;
permitting merchants to load or unload funds into the working account of the member payment system without charge, anddistributing, via a server, interest on at least one pooled trust account to fund the member payment system.
whereinはステップ内に使われています。
ステップ構成要素がきれいに並んでいます。