Patent ID: 6064375
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for providing merchant credit information to banks via the Internet, the method comprising:compiling merchant credit information periodically into reports at a host;routing the reports from the host to a server operable with the Internet;browsing the Internet with a browser interface at a bank client computer to access the reports of merchants associated with a bank;displaying on the bank client computer three merchant data categories including an on-line view merchant data category, a query merchant data category, and a reports merchant data category, wherein each of the merchant data categories contains merchant data fields for the merchants associated with the bank, each of the merchant data fields containing a report;selecting one of the merchant data fields from the plurality of merchant data categories; anddisplaying on the bank client computer the report corresponding to the selected one of the merchant data fields for a selected merchant of the merchants associated with the bank.