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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2000
Humberto C. Portillo, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Stefan Ianta, Vienna, AT;
Scott C Hansen, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Marcus Nicholas Cudina, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Humberto C. Portillo, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Stefan Ianta, Vienna, AT;
Scott C Hansen, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Marcus Nicholas Cudina, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Western Union Financial Services, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating payment of a computerized transaction. One method according to an embodiment of the invention includes providing a money transfer system; receiving at the money transfer system an electronic payment request; assigning, by the money transfer system, a unique transaction number to the payment request; determining by the money transfer system a preliminary total amount required from the buyer; determining by the money transfer system a grand total amount; communicating information from the money transfer system to the seller computer system; receiving at the money transfer system a payment notification; communicating a message to the seller computer system that payment associated with the unique transaction number has been received at a payment location; and effecting completion of the electronic payment request by making payment via the money transfer system to the seller.