The Times' patents its micropayment system: "News International will [...] file an application to patent a micropayment system which it intends to use on its own sites and sell to third parties. [...] To process these and other premium content transactions the company will use its very own micropayment system. A subsidiary of the company, Omnimedia, develops mobile applications for use both in-house and externally and spent two months putting the system together."

Sent by Robert Loch.