| US 7,591,424 B2 | ||
| Framework for adding billing payment types | ||
| Xingheng Wang, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Mahesh Jayaram, Redmond, Wash. (US); Rajesh Kuppuswamy, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Stuart H. Marshall, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Yunkai Zhou, Bellevue, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/394,993. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0233573 A1, Oct. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—383 [235/385; 705/26] | 13 Claims |

| 1. A method for resuming an ecommerce purchase transaction that failed, the method comprising the steps of:
displaying a pending purchase transaction that did not complete a prior payment process on one of a plurality of third party
payment processing systems that was visited at an earlier time;
prompting a user to select an operation selected from a group comprising a revival operation and a restart operation;
if the user selects the revival operation, then redirecting the user back to the third party payment processing system to
complete the prior payment process; and
if the user selects the restart operation, then canceling the prior payment process and beginning a new payment process.
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