Electronic bill presentment and payment
First Claim
1. A computerized method of providing billing information, comprising:
- receiving, over a communications network, a request for summary billing information, the request being automatically generated by a billing portal in response to an action by a billable entity associated with the billing portal;
requesting, over the communications network and in response to said receiving the request for the summary billing information, the summary billing information from a supplier of the summary billing information;
receiving, over the communications network, the summary billing information and detailed billing contact information the supplier of the summary billing information, the detailed billing contact information specifying contact data for detailed billing information; and
transmitting, over the communications network to the billing portal, the summary billing information and the detailed billing contact information, the detailed billing contact information to be usable by the billable entity to access the detailed billing information from a supplier of the detailed billing information.
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Abstract
In a system and method for enabling electronic bill presentment and payment and account and billing distribution, one or more intermediaries are provided to coordinate and control account and billing information transfer among multiple supplying entities and multiple recipient entities including billing portals and consolidators. The distributor provides software to the suppliers and recipients including billing portals that includes a user interface to a billable entity associated with a billing portal. The user interface presents account and billing information to the billable entity and enables payment of bills in response to receiving instructions from the billable entity. Billing information can include the combination of summary billing information and detailed billing contact information. The distributor also provides software to billing entities to expedite the gathering of billing information from the billing entities.
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11 Claims
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1. A computerized method of providing billing information, comprising:
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receiving, over a communications network, a request for summary billing information, the request being automatically generated by a billing portal in response to an action by a billable entity associated with the billing portal; requesting, over the communications network and in response to said receiving the request for the summary billing information, the summary billing information from a supplier of the summary billing information; receiving, over the communications network, the summary billing information and detailed billing contact information the supplier of the summary billing information, the detailed billing contact information specifying contact data for detailed billing information; and transmitting, over the communications network to the billing portal, the summary billing information and the detailed billing contact information, the detailed billing contact information to be usable by the billable entity to access the detailed billing information from a supplier of the detailed billing information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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Specification
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Current AssigneeOracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
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Original AssigneeSiebel Systems Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
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InventorsBarnes, Brian C., Canekeratne, Krishna A., Birchett, Ishan, Laracey, Kevin E., Morgan, Edward J.
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Primary Examiner(s)Weisberger; Richard C
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Application NumberUS09/602,697Time in Patent Office3,664 DaysField of Search705/34US Class Current705/34CPC Class CodesG06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicingG06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax str...
