Bill processing server and method for a digital document delivery system
CA 2293203 A1 · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Bresnan, Mark
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A bill processing server and method forms part of an overall digital document delivery system and is primarily responsible for maintaining an account database which in turn contains information concerning the account balance of the customers which receive electronic bills. The bill processing server interacts with a router instruction processor for receipt of bill data objects for updating the account database as well as for receiving customer response information via an interactive bill presentment server so as to maintain the account database including receipt of payment information from the customers. The bill processing server can send account information to an associated payment …
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- Filed December 23, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 23, 2019.
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