US PATENTS
Dear Competitors/prospective Competitors,
In general any system, method or software that provides payment transfer between two different utility accounts by debiting/crediting said accounts using an intermediary (server) are protected by the following patents.
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Claim 1 says : 1. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer to perform a method for payment or fund transfer transactions, the method comprising: providing at least a centralized payment processor linked to networks connecting to at least a telecommunication carrier provider's server having telecommunication accounts and corresponding account identifiers; providing a wireless communication device; the payment processor receiving at least a transfer amount, a payee's account identifier upon initiation of a transaction over a first network from payer; the payment processor receiving at least a payer's account identifier from said payer; the payment processor receiving at least a password from said payer; the payment processor transmitting said payer's account identifier, said password and said amount to said payer's telecommunication carrier provider for authentication; the payment processor transmitting said payee's account identifier to said payee's telecommunication carrier provider for authentication; if said authentications are both approved, includes a further step by the payment processor transmitting to said payer's carrier provider to record a debit entry for said transfer amount in said payer's account and transmitting to said payee's carrier provider to record a credit entry for same for said payee's account; and whereby said payment processor is a single point of contact to process transactions between payer and payee having accounts with different telecommunication carrier providers without said providers communicating with each other over said networks.
Claim 1 says : 1. A computer method for conducting fund transfer over at least one network by crediting and debiting utility accounts comprising the steps: providing utility accounts linked to account identifiers maintained by at least one utility provider and said provider is connected by a network to a payment processor having memory for executing a computer program causing said processor to perform when executed by said processor, the method comprising: receiving a request for payment from an identifiable payer for an identifiable payee; confirming said request; if said request is approved, crediting a payee's utility account and debiting a payer's utility account respectively with a payment amount; and whereby said utility accounts are selected from a group consisting of water, electricity, gas, telecommunication and data services accounts and said payment amount is transferable between different and same accounts within said group.
