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Abstract

A system for the purchase of services comprises: a selection means operable by a purchaser to select one or more desired service providing means from a number of different available service providing means, each of the different service providing means being activatable to provide a corresponding service to the purchaser against the consumption of credit; a payment facility capable of receiving payment for the provision of the desired services; a dispensing facility responsive to receipt of payment from the purchaser to make available the selected one or more service providing means to the purchaser; and a credit supply means responsive to receipt of payment at from the purchaser to supply the purchaser with a predetermined amount of credit. The predetermined amount of credit is a function of a number of different desired service providing means that are selected by the purchaser, while the payment required from the purchaser is also a function of the number of different desired service providing means selected by the purchaser. Any unconsumed credit supplied to the purchaser expires at a from the purchaser, or upon the occurrence providing means is an executable software program.

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