| 6052674 |
Electronic invoicing and collection system and method with charity donations |
| Apr-18-2000 |
An electronic commerce invoicing and collection system (EICS) which provides the services of invoicing, automatic "past due" reminders in a real time recorded/registered format is described. Customers... |
| 6052671 |
Computerized bill consolidation, billing and payment authorization with remote access to the billing information |
| Apr-18-2000 |
Computerized billing and payment authorization methods and systems are described. In one aspect, a host system includes a database in which information associated with a billable entity from which payment... |
| 6049786 |
Electronic bill presentment and payment system which deters cheating by employing hashes and digital signatures |
| Apr-11-2000 |
An electronic bill presentment and payment system includes multiple biller computers, a bill presentment computer, and multiple customer computers. Each biller computer stores complete bills for the customer... |
| 6047272 |
Sender-paid electronic messaging |
| Apr-4-2000 |
The present invention is a messaging system, and method of operation thereof, which provides message recipients with control over the delivery of message and charges the cost of a message to the sender... |
| 6047267 |
Method and apparatus for tracking multiple payment resources and charging transactions to payment resources in on line transaction processing system |
| Apr-4-2000 |
Disclosed is a container object that allows a user to define new payment resources without requiring the user to redesign a relational database system used for persistent storage of transaction information.... |
| 6044362 |
Electronic invoicing and payment system |
| Mar-28-2000 |
A system for automated electronic invoicing and payment system for providing remote customer review of automated billing from an invoicer. The system includes invoice presentment electronics having a control... |
| 6035285 |
Electronic bill presenting methods and bill consolidating methods |
| Mar-7-2000 |
Electronic bill-presenting methods and bill consolidation methods are described. In one embodiment billing information pertaining to a labor-dependent service which has been rendered to a consumer is received... |
| 6032132 |
Telecommunications access cost management system |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A Telecom Access Cost Management System provides the capability for a communication carrier service provider to substantially automate the payment to other communication carrier service providers for the... |
| 6029145 |
Software license verification process and apparatus |
| Feb-22-2000 |
A method and apparatus for collating, correlating and redistributing information about the use of proprietary products including copyrighted works and licensed software products, at various computer sites.... |
| 6029143 |
Wireless communication product fulfillment system |
| Feb-22-2000 |
A wireless communication product fulfillment system is disclosed. This system includes a computerized management technique for maintaining inventory data, ordering data, assembly data, and shipping data... |
| 6026380 |
System and methods for tracking copy count information from a plurality of photocopy machines |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A photocopy count system and method which records usage information for accounting and billing purposes. The photocopy tracking system comprises a plurality of remote mini-terminals, a multiport serial... |
| 6026379 |
System, method and article of manufacture for managing transactions in a high availability system |
| Feb-15-2000 |
An architecture is disclosed allowing a server to communicate bidirectionally with a gateway over a first communication link, over which service requests are initiated by the server. In response to a transaction... |
| 6026368 |
On-line interactive system and method for providing content and advertising information to a targeted set of viewers |
| Feb-15-2000 |
Prioritized queues of advertising and content data are generated by a queue builder and sent to an on-line queue manager. A computer mediated communications network provides content and subscriber data... |
| 6016509 |
General purpose metering mechanism for distribution of electronic information |
| Jan-18-2000 |
A computer network system that contains a metering mechanism which can meter the flow of electronic information to a client computer within a network. The information can be generated by a publisher and... |
| 6014651 |
Commercial online software distribution systems and methods using encryption for security |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A customer computer connects to an online service provider by phone, Internet, or other telecommunications link. The link gives the customer access to additional processing and storage resources such as... |
| 6014641 |
Method and apparatus for providing open-ended subscriptions to commodity items normally available only through term-based subscriptions |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A system for providing an open-ended subscription to commodity items normally available on a term basis includes a central agent that serves as the front-end for commodity suppliers. This central agent... |
| 6006205 |
Credit card billing method and system |
| Dec-21-1999 |
An improved credit card billing method and system is disclosed which permits multiple items purchased as part of a single transaction or order to be separately billed on a credit card in accordance with... |
| 6003765 |
Electronic cash implementing method with a surveillance institution, and user apparatus and surveillance institution apparatus for implementing the same |
| Dec-21-1999 |
A method for implementing an electronic cash system with a surveillance institution, in which a user sends a request for the issuance of electronic cash of a face value X to a bank together with user information... |
| 5999916 |
No-reset option in a batch billing system |
| Dec-7-1999 |
A system for processing a batch which is distributed into a plurality of independent segments. A preferred embodiment of this invention calls for implementation on a symmetrical multiprocessing platform,... |
| 5995946 |
System and method for establishing and managing links among customer accounts maintained within a telecommunications system |
| Nov-30-1999 |
A system and method for managing and providing customer account information within a telecommunications system include and involve a data storage system for storing a link record corresponding to a customer... |
| 5987434 |
Apparatus and method for transacting marketing and sales of financial products |
| Nov-16-1999 |
An apparatus and method which use client information to automatically select and present financial products appropriate for the client. The apparatus according to one aspect includes an input device for... |
| 5987430 |
Communications network connection system and method |
| Nov-16-1999 |
A system and method for remotely connecting client computers to a communication network such as the Internet by way of a server system handling a plurality of client computers and having the capability... |
| 5974395 |
System and method for extended enterprise planning across a supply chain |
| Oct-26-1999 |
A system for extended enterprise planning across a supply chain is provided. The system includes transactional execution system layers (14, 18) for a demand enterprise (10) and a supply enterprise (12).... |
| 5966698 |
Automated payment system and method |
| Oct-12-1999 |
A system and method of collecting payments uses an automated system to generate a draft, payable to the creditor and drawn on the payor's checking account, pursuant to the payor's authorization. The draft... |
| 5963925 |
Electronic statement presentment system |
| Oct-5-1999 |
An electronic statement presentment (ESP) system replaces the preparation and mailing of paper statements and invoices from a biller with electronic delivery. Electronic statements have the same look as... |
| 5960416 |
Real time subscriber billing at a subscriber location in an unstructured communication network |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A system and method are provided for real time subscriber billing at a subscriber location in an unstructured communication network. Account information is stored for at least one subscriber at the subscriber... |
| 5956698 |
Information broker for printing system |
| Sep-21-1999 |
There is disclosed a method for use in a printing system for producing copies or prints in which billing is developed for a customer of the printing system for the produced copies or prints on a basis... |
| 5950174 |
Affiliation-based arrangement for billing |
| Sep-7-1999 |
An improved system is realized with an arrangement which takes advantage of affiliations that allow concentration of billing. In situations where a party is willing to serve as a financial surrogate for... |
| 5943320 |
Method of charging for the use of a telecommunications service, as well as a switching system, a service control point, and a network management facility |
| Aug-24-1999 |
The invention relates to a method for charging for the use of a telecommunication service, as well as to a switching system, a service control point and a network management facility. A service request... |
| 5933817 |
Tiered interest rate revolving credit system and method |
| Aug-3-1999 |
A method and a system for operating a revolving credit program utilizing a table of tiered interest rates in which one of the interest rates is applied as a finance charge to a remaining outstanding balance... |
| 5910896 |
Shipment transaction system and an arrangement thereof |
| Jun-8-1999 |
A computer processing system for a shipment transaction involving a shipper and a carrier. The system is particularly suited to efficiently automate the payment of a shipment transaction and to efficiently... |
| 5901228 |
Commercial online backup service that provides transparent extended storage to remote customers over telecommunications links |
| May-4-1999 |
A user can use his personal computer to call up an on-line service system over a telecommunications link such as a telephone line. The On-line system provides all sorts of useful services to the personal... |
| 5893077 |
Method and apparatus for generating and collecting a billing event object within an on-line network |
| Apr-6-1999 |
An event generation and collection system for a distributed network includes an event source which generates event objects and an event collector for gathering objects. Conversion routines are run on the... |
| 5884288 |
Method and system for electronic bill payment |
| Mar-16-1999 |
A method and system for providing a fully automated electronic bill processing capability that is integrated with banking institutions and their customers is herein disclosed. The electronic bill payment... |
| 5884284 |
Telecommunication user account management system and method |
| Mar-16-1999 |
The present invention is an integrated computerized system and method of telecommunication user account management. The invention creates, maintains, processes and analyzes data regarding individual users... |
| 5875436 |
Virtual transcription system |
| Feb-23-1999 |
A computerized transcription system is based on a transcribe server that receives voice messages over long distance links, assigns jobs to technicians at remote locations, sends voice files to and receives... |
| 5867820 |
Feedlot computer network installation for managing feedlot operations |
| Feb-2-1999 |
A computer network and method for feeding animals in a feedlot, in which discretion and direct control over the various suboperations of the feed ration assignment and delivery process are distributed... |
| 5852812 |
Billing system for a network |
| Dec-22-1998 |
A billing system for on-line computer networks is disclosed. Customers of the on-line system are billed in their own currency for billable events which are generated. Billable events can include access... |
| 5842187 |
Electricity monitoring system |
| Nov-24-1998 |
An apparatus associated with a public electricity distribution network to determine charges for the supplied electricity where the period during which consumption is measured (the metered period) is longer... |
| 5842183 |
Dynamically updated payment due date system |
| Nov-24-1998 |
For use with the production of a billing document, a system and method for printing billing information on the billing document comprises a computer controlled system, suitable programming, that establishes... |
| 5835899 |
System and method for deriving financial responsibility identification |
| Nov-10-1998 |
A system and method (10) for deriving access codes for billing customers includes a load process (12) receiving a set of system attributes (20) and using at least one of the system attributes (20) for... |
| 5819228 |
Health care payment system utilizing an intensity adjustment factor applied to provider episodes of care |
| Oct-6-1998 |
A method for providing a payment mechanism for out-patient diagnostic imaging services based upon an episode of care payment methodology. An episode of care is selected as a given time period during which... |
| 5802502 |
System for selective communication connection based on transaction pricing signals |
| Sep-1-1998 |
A communications network in which user equipment is provided with a selecting device which communicates with a pricing device in service provider equipment. When communications or other services are required,... |
| 5802498 |
Computer-aided prepaid transmittal charge billing system |
| Sep-1-1998 |
A computer-aided billing system which directs the printing of customer invoices to include current billing information and transmittal charges for a pre-paid return envelope which the debtor will receive... |
| 5761650 |
Billing system and method |
| Jun-2-1998 |
A bill editor, generator, messaging and insert system and method comprises a portion of a bill production processor designed to create monthly billing statements which are sent to customers and which detail... |
| 5745884 |
System and method for billing data grade network use on a per connection basis |
| Apr-28-1998 |
A system and method in which remote users may be billed, on a per connection basis, for universal data grade access to their home office servers. Portable device 101 is carried by a transient remote user... |
| 5745883 |
Billing system for use with document processing system |
| Apr-28-1998 |
A billing system for use in a printing system which processes a job with one or more events occurring, relative to the job, as a result of processing the job, is provided. The billing system includes a... |
| 5696906 |
Telecommunicaion user account management system and method |
| Dec-9-1997 |
The present is an integrated computerized system and method of telecommunication user account management. The invention creates, maintains, processes and analyzes data regarding individual users for telecommunication... |
| 5694551 |
Computer integration network for channeling customer orders through a centralized computer to various suppliers |
| Dec-2-1997 |
An electronic requisitioning system for channeling customer requisition orders to internal suppliers and outside vendors, and processing invoices using a centralized computer system. A customer accesses... |
| 5694322 |
Method and apparatus for determining tax of a vehicle |
| Dec-2-1997 |
An apparatus for determining a tax for a vehicle (20) includes a positioning device (80) operable to determine a plurality of vehicle positions along a route traveled by the vehicle (20). A memory (102)... |
