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Automated group payment

  • US 20020152176A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2001
  • Published: 10/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for transferring credit from a sender to a plurality of recipients using a wide-area computer network, the method comprising:

  • receiving at a server computer system information from the sender to transfer credit to the plurality of recipients, wherein the information includes a unique identifier for each of the plurality of recipients and a credit amount;

    determining a first handler chosen by the sender;

    requesting credit transfer from the first handler;

    receiving at the server computer system the credit amount from the first handler;

    determining a second handler chosen by one of the plurality of recipients; and

    sending the credit amount to the second handler associated with the one.

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