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Programmable joint payment guarantee financial instrument set

US7599884B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2002
Grant dateOct 6, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q20/10
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A number of implementations of a transaction settlement process are illustrated. A system verifies buyer, seller, and financial institution data and instructions. The system stores buyer credit information, and the joint transaction instructions of buyers, sellers, and financial institutions. The system verifies invoice data against the transaction instructions and the buyer's acceptance instructions, and choose, based on the inputs, whether electronic credit or money is sent to either a joint electronic account of the buyer and the seller, or to the electronic account of the seller.

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