Electronic processing of bills using an ID of an automatically generated advice of settlement
Methods and systems are provided for processing one or more bills from a biller by a customer. Methods and systems may receive a request to pay one or more of a set of one or more bills in total or in part on a site of a computer network. A selection of the one or more bills to a biller may be sent, said selection responding to said request via said site. Methods and systems may receive an electronic advice of settlement of the selected bills and/or an ID of said advice of settlement from the biller and send a payment order comprising the ID of said advice of settlement to a payment service provider.
1 . A method for processing one or more bills from a biller by a customer, comprising:
receiving a request to pay one or more of a set of one or more bills in total or in part on a site of a computer network;
sending a selection of the one or more bills to a biller, said selection responding to said request via said site;
receiving an electronic advice of settlement of the selected bills and an ID of said advice of settlement from the biller; and
sending a payment order comprising the ID of said advice of settlement to a payment service provider.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing editable data fields via the site.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a list of one or more payment service providers for selection by the customer.
4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
providing a list of one or more payment service providers for selection by the customer.
5 . The method via the site of claim 1 , 2 , 3 , or 4 , further comprising:
receiving a confirmation of payment, referenced by an ID of an electronic advice of settlement.
6 . A computer system for processing one or more bills from a biller by a customer, comprising:
a memory having program instructions;
input means for receiving and entering data;
output means for sending and presenting data;
storage means for storing data; and
a processor responsive to the program instructions to:
receive a request to pay one or more of a set of one or more bills in total or in part on a site of a computer network,
send a selection of the one or more bills to a biller, said selection responding to said request via said site,
receive an electronic advice of settlement of the selected bills and/or an ID of said advice of settlement from the biller, and
send a payment order comprising the ID of said advice of settlement to a payment service provider.
7 . The computer system of claim 6 , wherein
said site includes editable data fields.
8 . The computer system of claim 6 or 7 , wherein
said site comprises a list of one or more payment service providers for selection by the customer.
9 . The computer system of claim 6 , 7 , or 8 , wherein the processor is responsive to instructions to receive a confirmation of payment, referenced by an ID of an electronic advice of settlement.
10 . A computer readable medium comprising executable instructions for performing a method of processing one or more bills from a biller by a customer, the method comprising:
receiving a request to pay one or more of a set of one or more bills in total or in part on a site of a computer network;
sending a selection of the one or more bills to a biller, said selection responding to said request via said site;
receiving an electronic advice of settlement of the selected bills and/or an ID of said advice of settlement from the biller; and
sending a payment order comprising the ID of said advice of settlement to a payment service provider.
11 . The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions include instructions for providing editable data fields in the site.
12 . The computer readable medium of claim 10 or 11 , wherein said site comprises a list of at least one payment service provider for selection by the customer.
13 . The computer readable medium of one or more of claims 10 or 11 , further comprising instructions for:
receiving a confirmation of payment, referenced by an ID of an electronic advice of settlement.
14 . A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave comprising:
code for processing one or more bills from a biller by a customer, said code including executable instructions for
receiving a request to pay one or more of a set of one or more bills in total or in part on a site of a computer network;
sending a selection of the one or more bills to a biller, said selection responding to said request via said site;
receiving an electronic advice of settlement of the selected bills and/or an ID of said advice of settlement from the biller; and
sending a payment order comprising the ID of said advice of settlement to a payment service provider.