STORING NOTICE OF REMITTANCE RECEIVED IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA NETWORK
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1. A method comprising:
- transmitting, from a first network station to a second network station, information associated with a bill issued by a biller associated with a third network station, wherein the information includes a selectable link to view the bill at the third network station;
receiving, at the first network station from the second network station, a request to pay the bill;
remitting a payment in association with the received request to pay the bill; and
receiving, at the first network station, a notification from the third network station that the payment has been received.
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Abstract
A method and system for storing a notice of the receipt of a payment in a distributed data network is disclosed. A bill payment request is received at a first network station from a second network station. A payment associated with the received bill payment request is then remitted. Then, a notification is received at the first network station from a third network station indicating that the payment has been received.
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32 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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transmitting, from a first network station to a second network station, information associated with a bill issued by a biller associated with a third network station, wherein the information includes a selectable link to view the bill at the third network station;
receiving, at the first network station from the second network station, a request to pay the bill;
remitting a payment in association with the received request to pay the bill; and
receiving, at the first network station, a notification from the third network station that the payment has been received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising;
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transmitting from a payment service provider to a payor, a selectable link to a bill of a biller for the payor, wherein selection of the selectable link by the payor causes the bill to be displayed to the payor by the biller;
receiving, at the payment service provider from the payor, a request to pay the bill of the payor;
remitting a payment in association with the received request; and
receiving, at the payment service provider, a notification from the biller that the payment has been received. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
a processor associated with a first network station configured (i) to transmit, to a second network station, information associated with a bill issued by a biller associated with a third network station, wherein the information includes a selectable link to view the bill at the third network station, (ii) to receive a request to pay the bill from the second network station, (iii) to remit a payment based on the received request to pay the bill, and (iv) to receive a notification from the third network station that the payment has been received. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29)
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28. (canceled)
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30. A system comprising:
a processor associated with a payment service provider configured (i) to transmit, to a payor, information associated with a bill issued by a biller, wherein the information includes a selectable link to view the bill at a network station associated with the biller, (ii) to receive from a payor a request to pay the bill to pay a bill of the payor, (iii) to remit a payment based on the request to pay the bill, and (iv) to receive a notification from the biller that the payment has been received. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A system comprising:
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means for transmitting, from a payment service provider to a payor, a selectable link to view a bill of a biller, wherein selection of the selectable link causes the bill to be displayed to the payor by the biller;
means for receiving, at the payment service provider from the payor, a request to pay the bill of the payor;
means for remitting a payment in association with the received request to pay the bill; and
means for receiving, a the payment service provider, a notification from the biller that the payment has been received.
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