Patents
US 8600885 B2: Account contribution management
- Granted
- 2013-12-03
- Filed
- 2011-12-14 application 13326134
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An ability to expose and display a current billing amount associated with a billing account in a billing system to one or more third parties, and to link one or more payments from the one or more third parties to the billing account in an account receivable system is provided. A user may create, publish, and share a fundraising webpage, which when accessed by a third party, allows the third party to send a payment in the form of a contribution or donation. An intermediary system allows for secure communication of billing account data from the accounts receivable system to the third party, allowing the third party to interact with the accounts receivable system as if the third party is in direct communication with the accounts receivable system.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg131203.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passport Health Communications, Inc. 17 patents | US company or organization | Franklin, TN | PASSPORT HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hoffman | Mill Valley, CA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/0279 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-12 | Name change Change of name | PASSPORT HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC signed 2015-12-14 | EXPERIAN HEALTH, INC FRANKLIN, TN | 52639/647 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2013-05-07 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | PASSPORT HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. signed 2013-05-06 | GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION CHICAGO, IL | 30370/112 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2013-05-06 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. signed 2013-05-06 | PASSPORT HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FRANKLIN, TN | 30356/512 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2012-06-29 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HOFFMAN, PAUL JOSEPH signed 2012-06-28 | PASSPORT HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FRANKLIN, TN | 28469/21 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2012-04-25 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | PASSPORT HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. signed 2011-11-16 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHICAGO, IL | 28104/574 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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