Patent ID: 8719124

Claim:
A construction payment management system comprising: a software enabled user interface accessible by a first participant, a second participant, and a third participant; a computer readable memory; and a processor configured to selectively operate in a specified billing mode for a first invoice in response to an input received from the first participant, wherein the second participant is associated with a payee of the first invoice, receive invoice information for a first set of invoice details from the first participant when operating in the specified billing mode for the first invoice, receive invoice information for the first set of invoice details from the second participant when not operating in the specified billing mode for the first invoice, generate the first invoice based on the first set of invoice details, selectively operate in a specified billing mode for a second invoice in response to an input received from the second participant, wherein the second invoice is related to the first invoice and wherein the third participant is associated with a payee of the second invoice, receive invoice information for a second set of invoice details from the second participant when operating in the specified billing mode for the second invoice, receive invoice information for the second set of invoice details from the third participant when not operating in the specified billing mode for the second invoice, and generate the second invoice based on the second set of invoice details.