Patent ID: 7096205
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for enrolling a requestor with one or more consumer providers, the method comprising: at a payment provider location, providing an enrollment system, wherein the enrollment system comprises a point-of-sale device associated with a money transfer system maintained by a payment provider, wherein the enrollment system includes an entry device, a display screen, and a memory; at the payment provider location, receiving into the point-of-sale device an identifier from the requestor, wherein the identifier relates to a payee and a prior indebtedness of the requestor to the payee for a good or service provided by the payee; sending the identifier from the point-of-sale device to a host computer system; at the host computer system, receiving a set of identifiers into a database comprising existing requestor account information, the database being operated by the payment provider, using the identifier to locate a transaction record relating to the requestor and the payee; returning at least a portion of the transaction record to the point-of-sale device; using the point-of-sale device to facilitate an in person payment to the payee from the requestor for the indebtedness; using at least a portion of the transaction record to obtain information about a good or service from a consumer provider that is different than the payee and loading the information into the memory; in association with facilitating the payment, displaying via the display screen at least one enrollment option relating to the consumer provider; receiving via the entry device a request for enrollment from the requestor to enroll with the consumer provider; and processing the request for enrollment, wherein the requestor is enrolled with the consumer provider.