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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Mary L. Kelly, St. Louis, MO (US);
Susan E. Riskovsky, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Theresa Altman, St. Peters, MO (US);
Michael Tolle, Larchmont, NY (US);
Darlene Lohman, Bartelso, IL (US);
Brian W. Mueller, Foristell, MO (US);
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
Under control of an operator of a payment processing network, a bill presentment service is provided, wherein bills received from a plurality of billing entities are made available to a plurality of consuming entities. The operator also provides at least a portion of a bill payment service wherein the consuming entities are afforded an option of paying the bills from the plurality of billing entities. The operator stores, in a database, registration and preference data pertaining to each of the plurality of consuming entities. At least portion of the registration and preference data includes payment preference data specifying how a given one of the consuming entities wishes to pay at least two of the billing entities. The given one of the consuming entities is afforded an option to pay the at least two of the billing entities with a single command, in accordance with the payment preference data.