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AssigneeCheckFree Corporation
InventorsPeter J. Kight, Mark A. Johnson, Tamara K. Christenson, Regina Lach, Philip Pointer, Kenneth Cook
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A computerized payment system by which a consumer may instruct a service provider by telephone, computer terminal, or other telecommunications means to pay various bills without the consumer having to write a check for each bill. The system operates without restriction as to where the consumer banks and what bills are to be paid. The service provider collects consumers' information, financial institutions' information and merchant information and arranges payment based on a financial risk analysis to the merchants according to the consumers' instructions.
A method of paying bills using a computer, comprising the steps of:
A method of paying bills using a computer, comprising the steps of:
A method of electronically paying bills, comprising the steps of:
An article of manufacture, comprising:
An article of manufacture, comprising:
A system for paying bills using a computer, comprising:
A system for paying bills using a computer, comprising:
A system for paying bills using a computer, comprising:
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