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Automatic remittance delivery system

US6223168A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 1998
Grant dateApr 24, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q20/14
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A remittance delivery system is provided that that accepts payment information from a variety of applications (e.g. vendor payments, taxes, claims, payroll, T&E, commissions, trust, etc.), translates the data into a single, unified data file structure, and forwards the remittance data via a user-defined path, for example, email, fax, print, internet, etc. Accordingly, the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a remittance delivery system comprising a file integration engine is provided for receiving payment data including remittance data in a one of a plurality of data formats and translating and formatting the payment data into a single, pre-defined data format. In addition, a remittance generating engine is provided for receiving the pre-defined data and for forwarding remittance data to at least one remittance recipient.

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