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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Bill Kitchen, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Ginger B. Moses, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Ralph AU, Powell, OH (US);
Clarence M. Bringardner, Columbus, OH (US);
Kenneth W. Bradley, Iii, Westerville, OH (US);
Bill Kitchen, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Ginger B. Moses, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Ralph Au, Powell, OH (US);
Clarence M. Bringardner, Columbus, OH (US);
Kenneth W. Bradley, III, Westerville, OH (US);
CheckFree Corporation, Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
To electronically authorize and initiate payment, payment information including a date which pre-dates a due date of a payment by an amount of time corresponding to a time period for making payment in a particular manner. The received payment information is displayed in the form of a check, with the date displayed as a date on the check. A user authorization to proceed with the payment is received. An instruction to initiate the payment in the particular manner on the check date is transmitted based on the received user authorization.