Patent ID: 7562033
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for calculating, collecting and disbursing one or more third party payments owed to one or more third parties resulting from one or more electronic transactions affected on a wide area network between a customer and a merchant, the system comprising: a. a first computer system in a first node of a wide area network for generating a first information packet as a result of a customer affecting one or more electronic transactions for a product and/or service of a merchant, said first information packet containing transaction data comprising financial data; b. a first transmission system for transmitting said transaction data to a second computer system connected to a second node of said wide area network; c. a second computer system in a second node of a wide area network for receiving and processing said first information packet, wherein the second node is different than the first node and at a different locale than that of the first node; d. a query protocol residing on said second computer system for determining whether or not said transaction data contains third party payment data and, if not, for adding third party payment data to said transaction data; e. a second transmission system for transmitting said transaction data to a third computer system connected to said wide area network; f. a third computer system of said wide area network connected to said wide area network for generating a second information packet comprising said financial data and third party payment data; g. a third transmission system for transmitting said second information packet to said second computer system connected to said wide area network; h. a second query protocol residing on a fourth computer system for determining whether or not financial data contains one or more amounts owed to one or more third parties; and i. a fourth transmission protocol for transmitting said financial data to said third computer system; for subtracting from financial data said one or more amounts owed to said one or more third parties, and for transmitting said one or more amounts owed to said one or more third parties; and, if not, performing no further actions on said financial data; wherein j. the first system is located at a different node of the wide area network than the third and fourth systems.