Method and system for conducting a commercial transaction between a buyer and a seller

US7822679B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Visa U.S.A. Inc. · US
• Visa International Service Association · US

Inventors

• Jonathan Vaux · San Francisco, US
• Brian Triplett · Wilmington, US
• Michael Dreyer · Danville, US
• Loraine Martin Yeakle · Danville, US
• Alistair Duncan · Redwood City, US
• Paulo Fernandes · Rio de Janeiro, BR

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/03
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for conducting a commercial transaction between a buyer and a seller is disclosed. The system includes a transaction processing system for facilitating payment for a transaction between the buyer and the seller. In addition to the buyer and the seller, the transaction processing system also interacts with an issuer and an acquirer. An electronic invoice relating to the transaction is first posted to the system by the seller or another system. Upon accepting the electronic invoice, the system creates a payment instruction. Each time a payment instruction is created, the system applies certain pre-negotiated payment terms and conditions between the buyer and the seller to the payment instruction. After the payment instruction is created, the system seeks approval from the buyer. Upon approval of the payment instruction by the buyer, the system schedules the payment for the specified date in the payment instruction.