Method and system to facilitate financial settlement of service access transactions between multiple parties
US7792745B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 21, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2215/52
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method to facilitate the financial settlement of service access transactions between multiple parties commences with the automatic collection of data concerning multiple transactions from respective service providers (e.g., ISPs). The multiple transactions are between the multiple service providers and multiple service customers. Respective transaction values are automatically determined for each of the multiple transactions. Account payable balances are automatically updated for the multiple service providers, and account receivable balances are automatically updated for the service customers based on the respective transaction values for each of the multiple transactions.
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