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Construction payment management systems and methods with specified billing features

  • US 9,824,375 B2
  • Filed: 08/10/2012
  • Issued: 11/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A construction payment management system comprising:

  • a server including a computer readable memory and a processor, the processor configured to;

    control access to a network-accessible interface that is usable for entry of invoice details by selectively enabling or disabling a specified billing mode,in response to enabling the specified billing mode;

    (i) generate and transmit, by at least the processor, a first notification to a first participant device operated by a first participant, the first notification informing the first participant that the specified billing mode has been enabled,(ii) restrict, by at least the processor, an ability of the first participant device to submit the invoice details in the specified billing mode,(iii) receive, through an interface accessible over a network connection, a first invoice detail from a second participant device operated by a second participant, wherein the second participant device is granted access to the network-accessible interface in an enabled mode allowing submission of invoice details in the specified billing mode, further wherein the first invoice detail includes a value associated with work performed on a construction project or a value associated with materials supplied for use in the construction project,(iv) generate, by at least the processor, a first invoice for the construction project based at least in part on the first invoice detail, wherein the first invoice is payable to the first participant associated with the construction project,(v) in response to the first invoice being generated, generate and transmit, by at least the processor, a second notification to the first participant device operated by the first participant, the second notification including a link for accessing the first invoice through the interface,(vi) transmit, by at least the processor, content to cause the first participant device operated by the first participant to display the first invoice in response to selection of the link,(vii) prompt, by at least the processor and through the interface, the first participant to approve or reject the first invoice,(viii) in response to the first participant rejecting the first invoice, receive, through the interface, a modification of the first invoice detail from the first participant device and receive, through the interface, a comment associated with the modification of the first invoice detail from the first participant device,(ix) store, by at least the processor, the first invoice detail, the modification, and the comment associated with the modification to the computer readable memory,(x) transmit, by at least the processor, content to cause the second participant device to display, through the interface, the comment associated with the modification to the second participant,(xi) prompt, by at least the processor and through the interface, the second participant to approve the modification, and(xii) in response to the second participant approving the modification, initiate a payment, by at least the processor, to the first participant based at least in part on the modification; and

    in response to disabling the specified billing mode;

    (i) automatically generate and transmit, by at least the processor, a second notification to the first participant device operated by the first participant, the second notification informing the first participant that the specified billing mode has been disabled,(ii) grant, by at least the processor, the first participant device access to the interface in an enabled mode allowing the first participant to submit a second invoice detail with the specified billing mode disabled,(iii) receive, through the interface accessible over a network connection, the second invoice detail from the first participant device operated by the first participant, wherein the second invoice detail includes a value associated with the work performed on the construction project or the value associated with materials supplied for use in the construction project, and(iv) generate, by at least the processor, a second invoice for the construction project based at least in part on the second invoice detail, wherein the second invoice is payable to the first participant associated with the construction project.

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