Thanks... my thought on the best available
still
unexploited "Internet function" that could play a role here is
a one-click transaction capability OUTSIDE of closed proprietary
systems like x-box or Amazon:
The requirements for such a capability are likely to make such
a service potentially very useful, ubiquitous and LARGE.
The goal is one-click payment capability (including but not
necessarily limited to a micropayment) available across
multiple Internet pathways (e.g. as opposed to a capability
restricted to a closed proprietary silo like x-box, Amazon, etc)..
I believe this is an inevitable capability... and a very big
deal.
And offers an opportunity to develop such a dominant utility
under ownership and governance guidelines that may represent new
ways of thinking.
Since I also believe it can be very profitable (whether or not
that's the path to be taken)... I believe it requires patent
protection if possible to avoid capture by narrow interests who
recognize that potential.
(in other words... if left to a normal evolution it will
almost certainly either never appear... OR arise as a sort of
Inter-provider agreement (meaning both Payment and Identity
providers) similar to
Clear-X-Change (an Interbank
transfer system).
I think a different model is very important here and the
chance shouldn't be missed.