Patent ID: 7792747

Claim:
A method of purchasing a money order by a sender of the money order via the Internet for delivery to a receiver of the money order, comprising the steps of: providing a money order system capable of generating money orders backed by a third party other than the sender of the money order or the receiver of the money order; receiving a contact at the money order system from the sender of the money order, wherein the sender of the money order remotely contacts the money order system with a computing device via the Internet, the sender of the money order desiring to purchase a money order in a financial amount; receiving information at the money order system from the user sender of the money order via the Internet, the information required to purchase the money order, the information including at least an identification of the sender of the money order, an identification of the receiver of the money order and the financial amount for the money order; printing the money order backed by the third party with the money order system in response to receiving the information; and sending the printed money order from the money order system to the receiver of the money order.