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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
May. 08, 2002
Jeffrey S. Weisman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Dushyant Sharma, Richmond Hill, CA;
Murali Chirala, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Hans E. Myklebust, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
John L. Watry, Elm Grove, WI (US);
Jeffrey S. Weisman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Dushyant Sharma, Richmond Hill, CA;
Murali Chirala, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Hans E. Myklebust, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
John L. Watry, Elm Grove, WI (US);
Metavante Corporation, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
An integrated bill management system and an associated method for use therewith are disclosed which can manage the delivery of, and handle the payments associated with, both outgoing invoices from businesses to their customers and incoming bills from vendors to the businesses. Invoices are presented to customers and payment by the customers is facilitated, and bills from the vendors are obtained and presented electronically to the businesses and paid electronically for the businesses. Invoices may be presented to the customers either electronically or in paper form, and electronic and paper payments from the customers may be processed by the system. Vendors may provide either electronic or paper bills, and payment to vendors may be processed electronically or in paper form.