Abstract: A system and method for managing accounts payable that allocates at least a portion of an invoiced dollar amount to a virtual account associated with a vendor, allows the vendor to request that a dispersal dollar amount be transferred from the virtual account to a real account associated with the vendor, and initiates an electronic transfer of the dispersal dollar amount from a real account to the real account associated with the vendor.

Abstract: A system and method for managing requests for services, in particular via the use of the Internet. The system maintains a information concerning capabilities and availabilities of a plurality of service providers such as repair technicians, temporary employees, in-home health care providers (e.g., nurses), and the like, which information is viewable by service requesters. In response to the receipt of a service request from a service requester, a work order is created and routed to one or more of the service providers for the purpose of having one or more of the selected service providers indicate an acceptance of the work order. The service providers may be automatically selected using the information maintained within the system or may be manually selected, for example, by the service requestor.

Abstract: A system and method for managing accounts payable that allocates at least a portion of an invoiced dollar amount to a virtual account associated with a vendor, allows the vendor to request that a dispersal dollar amount be transferred from the virtual account to a real account associated with the vendor, and initiates an electronic transfer of the dispersal dollar amount from a real account to the real account associated with the vendor.

Abstract: A system and method for managing accounts payable that allocates at least a portion of an invoiced dollar amount to a virtual account associated with a vendor, allows the vendor to request that a dispersal dollar amount be transferred from the virtual account to a real account associated with the vendor, and initiates an electronic transfer of the dispersal dollar amount from a real account to the real account associated with the vendor.

Abstract: A system and method for managing requests for services, in particular via the use of the Internet. The system maintains a information concerning capabilities and availabilities of a plurality of service providers such as repair technicians, temporary employees, in-home health care providers (e.g., nurses), and the like, which information is viewable by service requestors. In response to the receipt of a service request from a service requester, a work order is created and routed to one or more of the service providers for the purpose of having one or more of the selected service providers indicate an acceptance of the work order. The service providers may be automatically selected using the information maintained within the system or may be manually selected, for example, by the service requester.