Client applications with third party payment integration

Abstract

An application module enables users of a business application to incorporate a third party payment link into documents (e.g., invoices) that are created in an off-line environment. The third party payment link enables a receiver of an electronic copy of the document to navigate the link to a third party vendor's payment web site, where the receiver makes payment arrangements. In one embodiment, upon navigation of the link, transaction detail is automatically exported from the document into the third party vendor's on-line payment process. Transaction details can be downloaded from the third party payment service and, in one embodiment, are automatically accounted for within an accounting application.

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