INTERNET BILLING METHOD
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- establishing a remitting arrangement between a vendor and a provider to enable by way of an account associated with the vendor a remittance of a portion of a transaction amount billed to at least one billing account associated with at least one customer associated with the provider for products or services purchased by the at least one customer from the vendor;
enabling, by way of equipment of the provider, equipment of the vendor to communicate with equipment of the at least one customer permitting the at least one customer to purchase a product or service of the vendor; and
initiating between the provider and the vendor a remittance of a portion of a transaction amount associated with a purchase transaction made by the at least one customer, wherein the equipment of the vendor receives a communication indicating that the at least one customer initiated and authorized an order for a product or service of the vendor for the transaction amount, and wherein the vendor initiates a delivery of the product or service to the at least one customer after receiving the communication.
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Abstract
The present disclosure may include, for example, a method for establishing a remitting arrangement between a provider and a vendor to create between the provider and the vendor an electronic process for remitting a portion of a transaction amount billed to at least one billing account of at least one customer associated with the provider for products or services purchased by the at least one customer from the vendor. The method can further include enabling, by way of equipment of the provider, equipment of the at least one customer to communicate with equipment of the vendor, and receiving at the equipment of the provider transactional information indicating that the at least one customer initiated an order for a product or service from the vendor for a transactional amount. The method can also include initiating with equipment of the provider the remittance of the portion of the transaction amount by way of the account of the vendor according to the remitting arrangement. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing a remitting arrangement between a vendor and a provider to enable by way of an account associated with the vendor a remittance of a portion of a transaction amount billed to at least one billing account associated with at least one customer associated with the provider for products or services purchased by the at least one customer from the vendor; enabling, by way of equipment of the provider, equipment of the vendor to communicate with equipment of the at least one customer permitting the at least one customer to purchase a product or service of the vendor; and initiating between the provider and the vendor a remittance of a portion of a transaction amount associated with a purchase transaction made by the at least one customer, wherein the equipment of the vendor receives a communication indicating that the at least one customer initiated and authorized an order for a product or service of the vendor for the transaction amount, and wherein the vendor initiates a delivery of the product or service to the at least one customer after receiving the communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vendor apparatus, comprising equipment operable to:
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initiate a communication session over a communication network with equipment of at least one customer, wherein the communication session over the communication network is enabled by equipment of a provider, and wherein the provider and a vendor are different parties; receive during the communication session at least one communication over the communication network indicating that the at least one customer initiated an order for a product or service of the vendor; initiate a process to deliver the product or service to the at least one customer after receiving the at least one communication and without submitting a billing request to the equipment of the provider; and transmit to the equipment of the provider transactional information relating to the purchase transaction without submitting the billing request to the equipment of the provider, wherein a remittance of a portion of a transaction amount is initiated between the provider and the vendor by way of an account associated with the vendor in accordance with a remitting arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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establishing a remitting arrangement between a provider and a vendor to create between the provider and the vendor an electronic process for remitting a portion of a transaction amount billed to at least one billing account of at least one customer associated with the provider for products or services purchased by the at least one customer from the vendor; enabling, by way of equipment of the provider, equipment of the at least one customer to communicate with equipment of the vendor; receiving at the equipment of the provider transactional information indicating that the at least one customer initiated an order for a product or service from the vendor for a transactional amount; initiating with equipment of the provider the remittance of the portion of the transaction amount by way of the account of the vendor according to the remitting arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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