Patent ID: 7725384
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a construction payment process, the method comprising the acts of: electronically receiving, by a construction project management computer system, organization registration information including payment information and an identification of a primary user for a participant organization; electronically receiving, by the construction project management computer system, user registration information for one or more users associated with the participant organization; electronically storing the organization registration information and the user registration information to a computer readable memory of the construction project management computer system for use in connection with multiple construction projects; providing the primary user access to a management interface; receiving, through the management interface, an electronic selection of additional users associated with the organization to be associated with a construction project; providing the additional users associated with the construction project access to a general user interface; displaying project data and documents associated with the construction project through the general user interface; electronically receiving, through the management interface, a legal signature for the documents associated with the construction project; receiving, through the management interface, a selection of an additional, previously registered, participant organization to be associated with the construction project and an indication of a role to be associated with the additional participant organization in the construction project; and transferring a payment to the additional participant organization by electronically accessing previously stored organization registration information for the additional participant organization.