Method for initiating payment of bill
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1. A method for initiating payment of a bill via a printed billing form containing information relating to a payment and coded data printed as a collection of tags, the method comprising the steps of:
- creating a billing form for initiating payment of the bill;
entering information into the printing billing form, each tag on the printed billing form identifying a bill identity and a location of the tag on the bill;
imaging at least one tag on the form using an optically imaging pen;
generating, by a computer system, indicating data regarding the identity of the form and at least one position of the pen relative to the form;
initating payment of the bill using at least one payment parameter identified from the indicating data.
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Abstract
A method for initiating payment of a bill via a printed billing form. The form contains information relating to a payment and coded data printed as a collection of tags. Each tag identifies a bill identity and a location of the tag on the bill. The method comprises the steps of: (i) interacting with the printed billing form by operatively positioning an optically imaging pen relative to the form; (ii) imaging a tag on the form; (iii) generating indicating data regarding the identity of the form and a position of the pen relative to the form; and (iv) transmitting the indicating data to a computer system. Payment of the bill is initiated in the computer system using a payment parameter identified from the indicating data.
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1. A method for initiating payment of a bill via a printed billing form containing information relating to a payment and coded data printed as a collection of tags, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating a billing form for initiating payment of the bill; entering information into the printing billing form, each tag on the printed billing form identifying a bill identity and a location of the tag on the bill; imaging at least one tag on the form using an optically imaging pen; generating, by a computer system, indicating data regarding the identity of the form and at least one position of the pen relative to the form; initating payment of the bill using at least one payment parameter identified from the indicating data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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