Bill payment using direct funds transfer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9990613
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14569491

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Introduced here is a technology that enables a bill payer, who is an account holder at a financial institution (e.g., a bank), to send a bill payment to a bill payee by submitting, via a financial application of the financial institution, the bill payee's identifier and a bill payment amount, where funds for the bill payment amount are transferred directly to the bill payee substantially instantaneously upon the bill payer's request. The technology involves communication between a computer system of a financial institution (“financial institution system”), a mobile financial application installed on a bill payer's mobile device, and a third-party, remote computer system of a payment service (“PSS”). Upon receiving the identifier and amount from the financial institution system, the PSS identifies payment card information of the bill payer and the bill payee, and executes, or triggers execution of, the transfer of funds for the bill payment.

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BLOCK INC1455 MARKET ST SUITE 600 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bhatt, Anish San Francisco, US 5 69
Kimble, Charles San Francisco, US 3 28

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