Figure 1 provides a screenshot of what the 1ClickCharge user will see upon registering his information at the service. Simple registration parameters are required along with credit card information for processing. The user then downloads a 200Kb C++ ultra-thin client that acts like a wallet. Upon successful registration, a small icon will appear at the bottom of the user’s navigation screen. When a 1ClickCharge user is visiting an affiliate member’s website from which they want to purchase digital content, and upon clicking on the specific content, they will be presented with the 1ClickCharge charge/receipt box with the total amount of the desired item. At this time, the user can determine if he wants to purchase the content and with a simple one-click selection of ‘OK’, the item is ordered and their 1ClickCharge account debited for that amount. Also, the user can view their account balance at that time. If the account goes below a designated threshold, 1ClickCharge will charge an additional $20 to the user’s account and it will show up accordingly on the user’s next credit card statement.

The merchant’s role in participating with the one-click technology is to register the selling price for URL links to content that will be for sale to the visitor, as well as terms for selling the content such as any time restrictions or amount of information to remain available. Next, the merchant must set up their own web servers to request authentication credentials from anyone trying to access pay-per-use content.

In June of this year, the technology became fully compliant with the ECML format (electronic commerce modeling language). This is the format adopted for digital wallet users allowing them to visit the 1ClickCharge registration page and the wallet information will immediately fill in the registration forms.