System and method for implementing financing on demand service
First Claim
1. A method for automatically customizing the implementation of a financing on demand transaction over a network, to provide enhanced ease of product sales through greatly expanded credit access and financial structuring that is prearranged for each customer in addition to accelerated invoice settlement, the method comprising:
- automatically generating a customer'"'"'s entitlement;
automatically creating a master agreement transaction based on the customer'"'"'s entitlement;
automatically notifying a financing company and a merchant of a customer'"'"'s credit approval;
automatically posting a corresponding invoice on a network when a customer transaction is approved; and
automatically notifying the customer that the invoice has been posted for the customer'"'"'s approval.
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Abstract
A computer system, a service, a computer program product, and an associated method combine the ease of credit card purchases over the Internet with the flexibility of traditional leasing. The financing on demand system is a financing e-utility that prepackages customer entitlement processes, such as credit approvals, lease structures and rates, terms, and conditions with secure electronic delivery and legally enforceable document archiving, such as e-signatures. The system provides the advantage to the merchant of reducing internal administration costs, speeding up current business processes, and enhancing the ease of conducting business with end users and vendors alike. It produces secure legal enforceable documents that meet financing company requirements. Merchants provide the software for the financing on demand system to customers by software token, CD ROM, or smart card media. The system has no fixed credit limits or payment structures, is completely encrypted and secure, and uses non-proprietary open standards architecture in inputs/outputs to permit convenient integration to any vendor'"'"'s Web site.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for automatically customizing the implementation of a financing on demand transaction over a network, to provide enhanced ease of product sales through greatly expanded credit access and financial structuring that is prearranged for each customer in addition to accelerated invoice settlement, the method comprising:
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automatically generating a customer'"'"'s entitlement;
automatically creating a master agreement transaction based on the customer'"'"'s entitlement;
automatically notifying a financing company and a merchant of a customer'"'"'s credit approval;
automatically posting a corresponding invoice on a network when a customer transaction is approved; and
automatically notifying the customer that the invoice has been posted for the customer'"'"'s approval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product having instruction codes embedded on a medium for automatically customizing the implementation of a financing on demand transaction over a network, to provide enhanced ease of product sales through greatly expanded credit access and financial structuring that is prearranged for each customer in addition to accelerated invoice settlement, the computer program product comprising:
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a first set of instruction codes for automatically generating a customer'"'"'s entitlement;
a second set of instruction codes for automatically creating a master agreement transaction based on the customer'"'"'s entitlement;
a third set of instruction codes for automatically notifying a financing company and a merchant of a customer'"'"'s credit approval;
a fourth set of instruction codes for automatically posting a corresponding invoice on a network when a customer transaction is approved; and
a fifth set of instruction codes for automatically notifying the customer that the invoice has been posted for the customer'"'"'s approval. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for automatically customizing the implementation of a financing on demand transaction over a network, to provide enhanced ease of product sales through greatly expanded credit access and financial structuring that is prearranged for each customer in addition to accelerated invoice settlement, the system comprising:
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means for automatically generating a customer'"'"'s entitlement;
means for automatically creating a master agreement transaction based on the customer'"'"'s entitlement;
means for automatically notifying a financing company and a merchant of a customer'"'"'s credit approval;
means for automatically posting a corresponding invoice on a network when a customer transaction is approved; and
means for automatically notifying the customer that the invoice has been posted for the customer'"'"'s approval. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A financing on demand service for automatically customizing the implementation of a transaction over a network, the service comprising:
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automatically generating a customer'"'"'s entitlement;
automatically creating a master agreement transaction; and
automatically notifying a financing company and a merchant of a customer'"'"'s credit approval, to provide enhanced ease of product sales through greatly expanded credit access and financial structuring that is prearranged for each customer in addition to accelerated invoice settlement,
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35. A service model for automatically customizing the implementation of a financing on demand transaction over a network, the service comprising:
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an automatic generation of a customer'"'"'s entitlement;
an automatic creation of a master agreement transaction; and
an automatic notification of a financing company and a merchant of a customer'"'"'s credit approval, to provide enhanced ease of product sales through greatly expanded credit access and financial structuring that is prearranged for each customer in addition to accelerated invoice settlement,
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