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(11) | EP 1 016 996 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Bill processing server and method for a digital document delivery system |
| (57) A bill processing server and method forms part of an overall digital document delivery
system and is primarily responsible for maintaining an account database which in turn
contains information concerning the account balance of the customers which receive
electronic bills. The bill processing server interacts with a router instruction processor
for receipt of bill data objects for updating the account database as well as for
receiving customer response information via an interactive bill presentment server
so as to maintain the account database including receipt of payment information from
the customers. The bill processing server can send account information to an associated
payment processing system. The bill processing server can also generate reports concerning
the status of the account database and can further generate notification to the customer
of an existence of an electronic bill. Finally the bill processing server can generate
links to secondary documents to be associated with a generated primary document (bill). |