Patent ID: 8032458
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for processing bills electronically, wherein a transformed bill is created for a customer using billing information, master data from a biller, and master data from the customer, the method comprising: receiving the billing information from the biller by a biller service provider computer, the biller service provider computer having direct access to the master data of the biller and the biller service provider computer not having direct access to the master data of the customer; generating a bill by the biller service provider computer using the billing information and the master data of the biller; requesting the master data of the customer from a consolidator by the biller service provider computer, wherein the consolidator has direct access to the master data of the customer and the consolidator does not have direct access to the master data of the biller; transforming the bill into a presentment format specified in the master data of the customer by the biller service provider computer when the presentment format of the generated bill is not the presentment format specified in the master data of the customer; and transferring the transformed bill to the consolidator by the biller service provider computer, for the transformed bill to be presented to the customer by the consolidator.