Apparatus and methods for providing a payment system over a network
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1. A system for processing a payment at an accumulator over a network, comprising:
- means for receiving employer information from an employer via the network;
means for storing the employer information;
means for receiving employee information corresponding to an employee from the employer via the network;
means for storing the employee information;
means for verifying the employee information using verification information received from an intermediary; and
when the employee information is verified,means for creating a payment corresponding to the employee information,means for submitting the payment to a financial clearinghouse via the network, andmeans for storing data related to the payment.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods provide an accumulator that processes electronic payments from an employer to a recipient via a network. The payments processed may be, for example, child support payments collected from an employee by the employer. The employer may submit one transaction made up of payments collected from multiple employees bound for multiple recipients and the accumulator may receive, translate, batch, and deliver the payments to the multiple recipients. The accumulator, employers, and recipients may communicate via a network such as the Internet.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for processing a payment at an accumulator over a network, comprising:
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means for receiving employer information from an employer via the network; means for storing the employer information; means for receiving employee information corresponding to an employee from the employer via the network; means for storing the employee information; means for verifying the employee information using verification information received from an intermediary; and when the employee information is verified, means for creating a payment corresponding to the employee information, means for submitting the payment to a financial clearinghouse via the network, and means for storing data related to the payment.
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2. A method for processing a payment at an accumulator over a network, comprising:
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receiving employer information from an employer via the network; storing the employer information in an accumulator database; receiving an employee payment profile corresponding to an employee from the employer via the network; storing the employee payment profile in the accumulator database; verifying the employee payment profile using verification information received from an intermediary; and when the employee payment profile is verified, creating a payment corresponding to the employee payment profile, processing a debit to a financial clearinghouse via the network, the debit to be applied against an account of the employer, receiving a credit from the financial clearinghouse via the network, the credit to be applied to an account of the intermediary, and storing data related to the payment in a payment database. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for processing a payment at an accumulator over a network, comprising:
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a first receiving component configured to receive employer information from an employer via the network; a first storing component configured to store the employer information in an accumulator database; a second receiving component configured to receive an employee payment profile corresponding to an employee from the employer via the network; a second storing component configured to store the employee payment profile in the accumulator database; a verifying component configured to verify the employee payment profile using verification information received from an intermediary; a creating component configured to create a payment corresponding to the employee payment profile, when the employee payment profile is verified; a processing component configured to process a debit to a financial clearinghouse via the network, the debit to be applied against an account of the employer, when the employee payment profile is verified; a third receiving component configured to receive a credit from the financial clearinghouse via the network, the credit to be applied to an account of the intermediary, when the employee payment profile is verified; and a third storing component configured to store data related to the payment in a payment database, when the employee payment profile is verified. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer readable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for processing a payment at an accumulator over a network, the computer readable code comprising:
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a first receiving module configured to receive employer information from an employer via the network; a first storing module configured to store the employer information in an accumulator database; a second receiving module configured to receive an employee payment profile corresponding to an employee from the employer via the network; a second storing module configured to store the employee payment profile in the accumulator database; a verifying module configured to verify the employee payment profile using verification information received from an intermediary; a creating module configured to create a payment corresponding to the employee payment profile, when the employee payment profile is verified; a processing module configured to process a debit to a financial clearinghouse via the network, the debit to be applied against an account of the employer, when the employee payment profile is verified; a third receiving module configured to receive a credit from the financial clearinghouse via the network, the credit to be applied to an account of the intermediary, when the employee payment profile is verified; and a third storing module configured to store data related to the payment in a payment database, when the employee payment profile is verified.
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27. A system for processing a payment at an accumulator over a network, comprising:
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means for receiving employer information from an employer via the network; means for storing the employer information in an accumulator database; means for receiving an employee payment profile corresponding to an employee from the employer via the network; means for storing the employee payment profile in the accumulator database; means for verifying the employee payment profile using verification information received from an intermediary; means for creating a payment corresponding to the employee payment profile, when the employee payment profile is verified; means for processing a debit to a financial clearinghouse via the network, the debit to be applied against an account of the employer, when the employee payment profile is verified; means for receiving a credit from the financial clearinghouse via the network, the credit to be applied to an account of the intermediary, when the employee payment profile is verified; and means for storing data related to the payment in a payment database, when the employee payment profile is verified.
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