Patent ID: 8306913

Claim:
A method, comprising: utilizing a system including at least one processor to facilitate establishment of a remitting agreement between a vendor and a provider to enable by way of an account associated with the vendor a remittance of a portion of a transaction amount billed to at least one billing account associated with at least one customer associated with the provider for products or services purchased by the at least one customer from the vendor; utilizing the system to cause equipment of the vendor to communicate with equipment of the at least one customer permitting the at least one customer to purchase a product or service of the vendor; and utilizing the system to cause between the system and the equipment of the vendor a remittance of a portion of a transaction amount associated with a purchase transaction made by the at least one customer by way of the account associated with the vendor, wherein the equipment of the vendor receives a communication indicating that the at least one customer initiated and authorized an order for a product or service of the vendor for the transaction amount, and wherein the vendor initiates a delivery of the product or service to the at least one customer after receiving the communication.