Emergis Licenses eInvoicing Technology Patent to NuVox Communications
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MONTREAL - Emergis Inc., a Canadian eBusiness company, announced in a Saturday press release that its US-based subsidiary Emergis Technologies Inc. has entered into another agreement to license its electronic invoicing and payment technology patent, to NuVox Communications from Greenville, SC.
“More companies using electronic bill presentment and payment in North America recognize the strength of our patent,” said Marc Filion, executive vice-president at Emergis. “This new license agreement is part of our continued efforts to realize the full value of our electronic bill presentment and payment patent.”
Emergis Technologies was granted a US patent in March 2000 for a process for the electronic receipt and payment of invoices. Emergis no longer offers its electronic invoicing and payment service, but it has retained ownership of the patent.
NuVox Communications is an integrated communications provider offering services to business customers, including data, Internet, voice, and other advanced communications solutions.
Emergis is an IT leader in Canada that focuses on the health and financial services sectors. It develops and manages solutions that automate transactions and the exchange of information to increase the process efficiency and quality of service of its customers. Emergis has expertise in electronic health-related claims processing, health record systems, pharmacy management solutions, cash management and loan document processing and registration.
In Canada, it delivers its solutions to the main insurance companies, top financial institutions, government agencies, large corporations, real estate lawyers and notaries, and more than one third of all pharmacies. It also processes and enables transactions for the world’s leading payment associations.