Method and apparatus for payment retrieval and review collection

• US 8,359,250 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2011
• Issued: 01/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: U-Haul International Incorporated (U-Haul Holding Co.)
• Original Assignee: U-Haul International Incorporated (U-Haul Holding Co.)
• Inventors: Srinivasan, Venkataraman, Shoen, Edward J., Shoen, Samuel J., Kestner, John Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Danneman, Paul
• Application Number:
  US13/008,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20110131118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

A method for conducting a review including the step of detecting a payment request from a vendor; generating a review based on the payment request; and, transmitting a reference to the review to a customer, wherein the reference provides a link to retrieve the review. A system for performing the method is also described.

Claims

1. A method for conducting a review comprising the steps of:

with a computer system, notifying a vendor of a customer job request with a reference to respond to the job request;

detecting with the computer system a request to pay the vendor, including receiving a payment code associated with the job request;

generating with the computer system a review based on the payment request; and

transmitting with the computer system a reference to the review to the customer, wherein the reference provides a link to retrieve the review.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference to respond to the job request includes a link to accept the job request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference to respond to the job request includes a link to reject the job request.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a response to the job request from the vendor; and

generating a notification based on the response.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein if the response is an acceptance of the job request, then updating a schedule with the job.

6. A computer readable medium having a computer readable program code contained therein for conducting a review, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code for notifying a vendor of a job request for a customer with a reference to respond to the job request;

computer readable program code for detecting a request to pay the vendor, including receiving a payment code associated with the job request;

computer readable program code for generating a review based on the payment request;

computer readable program code for transmitting a reference to the review to a customer, wherein the reference provides a link to retrieve the review.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the reference to respond to the job request includes a link to accept the job request.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the reference to respond to the job request includes a link to reject the job request.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 6, further comprising:

computer readable program code for receiving a response to the job request from the vendor; and

computer readable program code for generating a notification based on the response.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein if the response is an acceptance of the job request, then the computer readable medium further comprising computer readable program code for updating a schedule with the job.

11. A review system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising;

a vendor application; and

a customer application;

wherein the customer application is configured to receive a job request for a customer;

wherein the vendor application is configured to notify the vendor of the job request with a reference to respond to the job request

wherein the vendor application is configured to receive a request to pay the vendor, including receiving a payment code associated with the job request and

wherein the customer application is configured to generate a review based on the payment request and transmit a reference to the review to a customer.

12. The review system of claim 11, wherein the reference to respond to the job request includes a link to accept the job request.

13. The review system of claim 11, wherein the reference to respond to the job request includes a link to reject the job request.

14. The review system of claim 11, wherein the vendor application is further configured to:

receive a response to the job request from the vendor; and

,

generate a notification based on the response.

15. The review system of claim 14, wherein if the response is an acceptance of the job request, then the vendor application is further configured to update a schedule with the job.