INTEGRATED PAYMENT SYSTEM AND COLLECTION REPORTING METHOD

• US 20160217445A1
• Filed: 02/20/2015
• Published: 07/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kelly G. Martin
• Original Assignee: Kelly G. Martin
• Inventors: Martin, Kelly G.
• Application Number:
  US14/627,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20160217445A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/207 Tax processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40

Abstract

An integrated system for electronic payment to one or more departments or agencies within a city, township, county, local or state government. The system has a plurality of separate agency or department databases and an icon or module menu of each department at a payment kiosk or payment computer connected to each database. Activating the icon or selecting the module directs a payor to the desired agency or department database. Inputting the payor information into the kiosk or payment computer retrieves an invoice or bill to be paid. An integrated system provides the payor requested invoice, bill, fee, tax or fine for that department or agency and simultaneously checks the payor information against each other database for any outstanding bills, fees, taxes or fines and generates a list of said outstanding bills, fees, taxes or fines, and upon payment automatically updates the databases to reflect the received payment.

Claims

1. An integrated system for electronic payment to one or more departments or agencies within a city, township, county, local or state government comprises:

a plurality of separate agency or department databases;

an icon or module menu of each department at a payment kiosk or payment computer connected to each database, wherein activating the icon or selecting the module directs a payor to the desired agency or department database, and inputting the payor information into the kiosk or payment computer retrieves an invoice to be paid;

an integrated system provides the payor requested invoice by a bill, fee, tax or fine for that department or agency and simultaneously checks the payor information against each other database for any outstanding bills, fees, taxes or fines; and

generating a list of said outstanding bills, fees, taxes or fines wherein the payor can select to pay one or more of the outstanding bills or can pay all the outstanding bills and complete the transaction and receive a confirmation and a payment notification is sent to the databases.

2. The integrated system of claim 1 wherein the agency can collect only the invoice retrieved.

3. The integrated system of claim 1 wherein the agency can collect one or more of said outstanding bills.

4. The integrated system of claim 1 wherein the outstanding bills are sent as liens against income tax refunds per House Bill 1000 for immediate collection.

5. The integrated system of claim 1 provides a payment summary for each department paid.

6. The integrated system of claim 1 updates the summary and reports daily, monthly or annually.

7. A method for a payor to make an electronic payment to one or more departments or agencies within a city, township, county or local or state government comprises the steps of:

coming to a local government agency or department payment site, computer or kiosk;

selecting the department or agency where the transaction is to be made;

entering the information needed to perform the transaction including payor information identifying the payor;

providing an integrated system connected to other department or agency databases within said local government and cross checking each connected database for outstanding invoices, bills, fines, fees payments or taxes;

retrieving invoices or list of payor debts owed;

paying said debts;

receiving a payment confirmation; and

sending a payment notification to each database reflecting a payment from the integrated system.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the method of payment further comprises the step of:

placing a lien on withheld income taxes as a source of invoice payment.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the system sends a payment made and identifies the paid invoice as paid, no balance owed to the database.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein a receipt confirmation is automatically emailed to the payor.