Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 09:46:09 +0200 From: jfg@dxcern.cern.ch (Jean Francois Groff) Message-Id: <9207210746.AA19273@dxcern.cern.ch> To: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch Subject: questionnaire on billing server for the Internet Forwarded from the wais-talk mailing list, FYI only (same disclaimer as below...) Jean-Francois ------- Start of forwarded message ------- From: Steve Goldstein--Ph +1-202-357-9717 <sgoldste@cise.cise.nsf.gov> To: wais-talk@quake.think.com Subject: questionnaire on billing server for the Internet Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 14:58:50 EDT Forwarded for the interest of WAIS-folk who might be interested in the customer charging functions. Perhsps somebody would like to respond to these folks with WAIS-specific interests. This is not an endorsement of the request in any way: it is just forwarded for your information and, possibly, to lead to WAIS-enlightenment for the questioners. Thanks, Steve G. - ------- Forwarded Message Mon, 20 Jul 1992 13:22:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <keOjNfS00io1M1r1Q1@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 13:22:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Tao Jen <tj0u+@andrew.cmu.edu> To: com-priv@psi.com Subject: Internet Billing Server Information Networking Institute Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Tel: (412) 268-8128 Fax: (412) 268-7196 Email address: tj0u@andrew.cmu.edu To whom this may concern: We are graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University's Information Networking Institute. Currently we are working on a project to design and develop a "billing server" on the Internet. This "billing server" will provide billing functions for various service providers who could sell their information services electronically over the Internet. We believe that many of you could be potential service providers (our customers). Therefore, your input to this market survey will be valuable to the success of our project, and greatly appreciated. The "billing server" that we envision would include billing functions such as customized billing, invoice creation, service charge calculation and collection, centralzied authentication, topical directory service, and customer inquiry handling. Basically, it is like a credit card service for the electronic services available on the Internet. Following is a market survey that we are asking you to fill out for us. We greatly appreciate if you could respond to this survey as soon as possible. If possible, please reply by email, fax, or telephone calls. Sincerely yours, Tao Jen Name: Title: Company: 1. Would you be interested in making your service or information available electronically? 2. Would you be interested in having a third party (e.g. a "billing server") handle the billing functions for you? 3. Would you prefer an uniform pricing scheme for all customers or an individual pricing scheme on a customer by customer basis? 4. Would you like a third party (e.g. a "billing server") to calculate the service charges for you? 5. Circle the following services in terms of the importance in order for you to provide services electronically. (1 is least important, 5 is most important) - Centralized authentication. 1 2 3 4 5 - Service charge calculation. 1 2 3 4 5 - Customized billing. 1 2 3 4 5 - Invoices creation. 1 2 3 4 5 - Guaranteed payment 1 2 3 4 5 - Service charge collection. 1 2 3 4 5 - Directory service. 1 2 3 4 5 - Customer inquires. 1 2 3 4 5 Please add to the list any additional service you feel is important. 6. Would you prefer to handle customer inquiries by yourself or let the centralized "billing server" handle them? 7. What is the highest percentage of the total sale that you are willing to pay for the billing service? (Please try your best to answer this question) Other comments: - ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- End of forwarded message -------