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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
May. 14, 1999
Mark J. Britto, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Aimee K. Cardwell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Fuming Young, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nicholas K. Peddy, Redwood City, CA (US);
Adrian J. Blakey, Alameda, CA (US);
Angela C. Lee, Burlingame, CA (US);
Erich L. Ringewald, Kenwood, CA (US);
Mark J. Britto, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Aimee K. Cardwell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
FuMing Young, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nicholas K. Peddy, Redwood City, CA (US);
Adrian J. Blakey, Alameda, CA (US);
Angela C. Lee, Burlingame, CA (US);
Erich L. Ringewald, Kenwood, CA (US);
Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A service configured to be accessible by two or more parties to a two-sided funds transfer transaction through a computer network (e.g., the Internet) provides functionality for sending a payment request to a target payer or payee who is not yet registered with the service. Depending upon who is initiating the transaction (i.e., a payer or a payee) the payment requests may be received as requests to send payments or requests to collect payments. In the latter case, the service may be further organized to solicit a payment, for example by transmitting an e-mail message to a second party to the funds transfer transaction. When used to collect payments, the service may be further organized to process one or more responses to the above-mentioned solicitations.