ELECTRONIC INVOICE PRESENTATION AND PAYMENT SYSTEM

• US 20110270749A1
• Filed: 04/29/2011
• Published: 11/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Invoice Cloud, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Invoice Cloud, Inc.
• Inventors: Bennett, Robert, Averyt, Kelton, Morabito, John, Lapides, Robert
• Application Number:
  US13/097,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20110270749A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

A method and system for generating and presenting invoices or bills from a biller to a payer. The bills are generally sent to the payer on a branded virtual site to look like the biller'"'"'s website. Single or multiple bills will be presented to the payer through email notifications. The payer would have the option of paying the entire bill or portions of the bill utilizing various methods of payments, such as e-checks, paper checks, credit or debit cards as well as automatic withdrawal from a checking or savings account. The payer would also have the option of electing a paperless billing system instead of receiving both email as well as paper notifications of a particular bill or bills.

Claims

1. A system for generating an invoice by a biller to be forwarded to a customer/payer for its review comprising:

a software file exchange platform integrated with a biller'"'"'s software, said software including one or more billing software solutions to create a database used to allow the biller to produce web based search pages to be accessed by the customer/payer, said database containing information relating to at least one bill incurred by the customer/payer and stored on a web server,

said web based search pages allowing the customer/payer access and/or view to at least one invoice detailing at least one bill incurred by the customer/payer, said web based search pages providing the customer/payer with a means for directly paying said at least one invoice.

2. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said web based search page is a virtual site which includes logos or other information indicating that a particular biller is the source of the invoice or bill incurred by the customer/payer.

3. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein multiple invoices are accessed by the customer/payer.

4. The system in accordance with claim 3, wherein the customer/payer can pay all of the invoices at one time.

5. The system in accordance with claim 3, wherein the customer/payer can fully pay some, but not all of the invoices.

6. The system in accordance with claim 3, wherein the customer/payer can pay less than the full amount of the invoices.