Patents by Inventor Frederick W. Platz, Jr.

Frederick W. Platz, Jr. 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).

  • Method and system of combined billing of multiple accounts on a single statement
    Patent number: 7236950
    Abstract: A computerized method and system for combined billing for at least one customer on a plurality of customer accounts includes computer applications which automatically assemble and aggregate account charges, such as usage charges, fees, finance charges, discounts, rebates and rewards, for the customer on the plurality of accounts. The system also automatically formats a combined bill for the customer from the aggregated account charges and renders the combined bill to the customer. The account charges are automatically calculated by a computer application from account data for the customer's accounts, which is transmitted to the computer application from one or more storage devices, for example from vendors of energy, such as electricity and gas service, retail, such as credit cards, and communications, such as telephone and Internet service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Universal Card Services Corp.
    Inventors: Patrick Savage, Jitendra Chhikara, Frederick W. Platz, Jr.
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COMBINED BILLING OF MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS ON A SINGLE STATEMENT
    Publication number: 20020026394
    Abstract: A computerized method and system for combined billing for at least one customer on a plurality of customer accounts includes computer applications which automatically assemble and aggregate account charges, such as usage charges, fees, finance charges, discounts, rebates and rewards, for the customer on the plurality of accounts. The system also automatically formats a combined bill for the customer from the aggregated account charges and renders the combined bill to the customer. The account charges are automatically calculated by a computer application from account data for the customer's accounts, which is transmitted to the computer application from one or more storage devices, for example from vendors of energy, such as electricity and gas service, retail, such as credit cards, and communications, such as telephone and Internet service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: PATRICK SAVAGE, JITENDRA CHHIKARA, FREDERICK W PLATZ, JR.