Patents by Inventor Christopher B. Burfield

Christopher B. Burfield has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6363362
    Abstract: A technique is provided for paying bills electronically using data generated by any of multiple accounting software packages. The data generated by each accounting software package has a different structure. Respective rules associated with each accounting software package are stored. Structured data including data corresponding to a payee name, a payee address, an invoice number and an invoice amount generated by one of the accounting software packages is received. The data corresponding to the payee name, the payee address, the invoice number and the invoice amount is extracted from the received structured data by applying only the respective rules associated with the applicable accounting software package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: CheckFree Services Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher B. Burfield, Alan C. Van Ness