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Billing system and method

  • US 6,836,763 B1
  • Filed: 05/07/1998
  • Issued: 12/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for automatically generating a customer billing statement for a plurality of customers, comprising:

  • means for creating a customer billing statement template having a message area;

    means for storing in a database a plurality of billing messages each having an assigned priority;

    means for defining criteria for determining which of the billing messages are to be included in a particular customer billing statement; and

    means for generating the customer billing statement for each of the plurality of customers comprising computer-executable instructions for selecting billing messages from the database based on the criteria and information specific to the customer being billed;

    arranging the selected billing messages based on their priority; and

    using only those selected billing messages that have the highest priority and that can fit within the message area when generating each customer billing statement.

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