System and method for managing accounts payable and accounts receivable
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1. A method for managing accounts payable, comprising:
- receiving at a third party an invoice from a vendor, the invoice including an invoiced dollar amount;
routing the invoice from the third party to a customer for approval and, in response to the approval, allocating at least a portion of the invoiced dollar amount to a virtual account associated with the vendor maintained by the third party;
receiving at the third party a request from the vendor to have a dispersal dollar amount transferred from the virtual account to a real account associated with the vendor; and
initiating from the third party an electronic transfer of the dispersal dollar amount from a real account maintained by the third party to the real account associated with the vendor.
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Abstract
A system and method for managing accounts payable that allocates at least a portion of an invoiced dollar amount to a virtual account associated with a vendor, allows the vendor to request that a dispersal dollar amount be transferred from the virtual account to a real account associated with the vendor, and initiates an electronic transfer of the dispersal dollar amount from a real account to the real account associated with the vendor.
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1. A method for managing accounts payable, comprising:
- receiving at a third party an invoice from a vendor, the invoice including an invoiced dollar amount;
routing the invoice from the third party to a customer for approval and, in response to the approval, allocating at least a portion of the invoiced dollar amount to a virtual account associated with the vendor maintained by the third party;
receiving at the third party a request from the vendor to have a dispersal dollar amount transferred from the virtual account to a real account associated with the vendor; and
initiating from the third party an electronic transfer of the dispersal dollar amount from a real account maintained by the third party to the real account associated with the vendor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- receiving at a third party an invoice from a vendor, the invoice including an invoiced dollar amount;
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17. For use in a third party system, a readable media having computer executable instructions for managing accounts payable, the instructions performing steps comprising:
- allocating at least a portion of an invoiced dollar amount to a virtual account associated with a vendor and maintained by the third party;
receiving a request from the vendor to have a dispersal dollar amount transferred from the virtual account to a real account associated with the vendor; and
initiating an electronic transfer of the dispersal dollar amount from a real account maintained by the third party to the real account associated with the vendor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- allocating at least a portion of an invoiced dollar amount to a virtual account associated with a vendor and maintained by the third party;
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26-44. -44. (canceled)
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