Easy establishment of biller or payees of a payor
First Claim
1. A method for identifying payees to be paid by an electronic commerce service provider on behalf of each of a plurality of consumers, comprising:
- transmitting, from a first of a plurality of consumers, information identifying the first consumer and excluding information identifying any payee of the first consumer;
transmitting, from a second of the plurality of consumers, information identifying the second consumer and excluding information identifying any payee of the second consumer;
receiving, by the first consumer and responsive to the transmitted first consumer identifying information, information identifying a first candidate payee from the electronic commerce service provider, the first consumer having not previously identified the first candidate payee to the electronic commerce service provider; and
receiving, by the second consumer and responsive to the transmitted second consumer identifying information, information identifying a second candidate payee but not the first candidate payee from the electronic commerce service provider, the second consumer having not previously identified the second candidate payee to the electronic commerce service provider.
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Abstract
A technique for identifying payees to be paid by an electronic commerce service provider on behalf of each of a plurality of consumers is provided. A first consumer transmits information identifying himself or herself. A second consumer also transmits information identifying himself or herself. The information identifying the first consumer and the information identifying the second consumer each lack any information identifying any payee. The first consumer receives information identifying a first potential payee from the electronic commerce service provider. The second consumer receives information identifying a second potential payee from the electronic commerce service provider. The second consumer does not receive information identifying the first potential payee. The first consumer has never before identified the first potential payee to the electronic commerce service provider, and the second consumer has never before identified the second potential payee to the electronic commerce service provider. Thus, the first consumer and the second consumer each receive information identifying candidate payees, the candidate payees being tailored based upon each consumer'"'"'s identity.
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1. A method for identifying payees to be paid by an electronic commerce service provider on behalf of each of a plurality of consumers, comprising:
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transmitting, from a first of a plurality of consumers, information identifying the first consumer and excluding information identifying any payee of the first consumer;
transmitting, from a second of the plurality of consumers, information identifying the second consumer and excluding information identifying any payee of the second consumer;
receiving, by the first consumer and responsive to the transmitted first consumer identifying information, information identifying a first candidate payee from the electronic commerce service provider, the first consumer having not previously identified the first candidate payee to the electronic commerce service provider; and
receiving, by the second consumer and responsive to the transmitted second consumer identifying information, information identifying a second candidate payee but not the first candidate payee from the electronic commerce service provider, the second consumer having not previously identified the second candidate payee to the electronic commerce service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for identifying payees to be paid by an electronic commerce service provider on behalf of each of a plurality of consumers, comprising:
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a first network station associated with a first of the plurality of consumers configured to transmit, to the electronic commerce service provider, information identifying the first consumer and excluding information identifying any payee of the first consumer, and to receive, from the electronic commerce service provider, information identifying a first candidate payee, the first consumer having not previously identified the first candidate payee to the electronic commerce service provider; and
a second network station associated with a second of the plurality of consumers configured to transmit, to the electronic commerce service provider, information identifying the second consumer and excluding information identifying any payee of the second consumer, and to receive, from the electronic commerce service provider, information identifying a second candidate payee but not the first candidate payee, the second consumer having not previously identified the second candidate payee to the electronic commerce service provider. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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