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AssigneeU S West, Inc.
InventorsPamela M. Hansen, Larry N. Rebenack, Phyllis J. Buckman, Carol L. Rohrkemper
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A bill comprises a first sheet of paper having two or more information panels and a remittance panel defined therein. Information (e.g., text) in the information panels is oriented in a first direction, and information in the remittance panel (e.g., text) is oriented in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction. In one embodiment, first sheet comprises two information panels on a first side, and two information panels on a second side. A first information panel comprises summary information; second and third information panel comprises billing information, and a fourth information panel comprises advertising information. The bill is folded such that information in the information panels reads like a book (excepting the remittance panel which is generally torn off). In another embodiment, information in side-by-side panels comprise information in two languages, for example English and Spanish. In a preferred method for printing, the bill is printed using a continuous roll of paper and is printed "two-up" (two bills are generated at a time, side-by-side).
A bill comprising one or more sheets, the bill comprising:
A method for generating a bill, the bill having two or more information panels having information therein oriented in a horizontal direction, and a remittance panel having remittance information therein oriented in a vertical direction, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.