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Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-11
2011-01-11
Carlson, Jeffrey D (Department: 3622)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
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C705S014600, C705S014190, C705S347000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07870025
ABSTRACT:
A method for switching vendors, including sending an invitation to a user to rate a first vendor in response to the user designating the first vendor as a payee, receiving a rating assigned to the first vendor, determining a second vendor as an alternative to the first vendor based on the rating being below a predefined threshold, sending information associated with the second vendor to the user, receiving a request from the user to switch from the first vendor to the second vendor, sending a cancellation notice to the first vendor in response to receiving the request, transmitting user information to a computer of the second vendor for setting up a new account, and charging the second vendor a fee for sending the information associated with the second vendor to the user.
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Carlson Jeffrey D
Intuit Inc.
Osha • Liang LLP
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