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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1998
David Lee Garrison, Columbus, OH (US);
Patricia A. Kight, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Brad Perkins, Dublin, OH (US);
Cheryl Lynn Ward, Hilliard, OH (US);
Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Dublin, OH (US);
Amy Lynn Kerin, Delaware, OH (US);
David Lee Garrison, Columbus, OH (US);
Patricia A. Kight, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Brad Perkins, Dublin, OH (US);
Cheryl Lynn Ward, Hilliard, OH (US);
Mary Elizabeth Lawson, Dublin, OH (US);
Amy Lynn Kerin, Delaware, OH (US);
Checkfree Corporation, Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for electronically processing bill payment requests where respective sets of payment requests are received electronically from a plurality of independent sources, each set of payment requests corresponding to an associated set of payers requesting payments to a plurality of payees. The payment requests are processed at a single remittance processing system having a database including payee information for each of the plurality of payees to generate payment directions for paying the plurality of payees in accordance with the processed payment requests.