Method for presenting account information to a user
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1. A method of presenting account information to a customer on a browser running on a client computer, comprising the steps of:
- collecting product information relating to a set of products provided by a plurality of providers to the customer;
receiving a request for a document containing product information about the set of products provided to the customer, the request including a designation of at least one account in a hierarchy of customer accounts;
combining the product information relating to the set of products to create the document with an account statement for the customer; and
displaying the document on the browser on the client computer, the document containing the account statement.
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Abstract
A user interface and related methods enable a customer to manage multiple products and/or multiple providers for multiple locations via a single account statement. A graphical user interface consistent with the present invention presents the account statement as a “dashboard” view of a customer'"'"'s account activities. The dashboard view presents account information across multiple products and/or multiple providers. The present invention also provides a simple way for a customer to navigate from this high level of detail into more specific account information for a given product and/or provider.
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1. A method of presenting account information to a customer on a browser running on a client computer, comprising the steps of:
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collecting product information relating to a set of products provided by a plurality of providers to the customer;
receiving a request for a document containing product information about the set of products provided to the customer, the request including a designation of at least one account in a hierarchy of customer accounts;
combining the product information relating to the set of products to create the document with an account statement for the customer; and
displaying the document on the browser on the client computer, the document containing the account statement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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15. A method for presenting telecommunications account information to a customer, the customer using a program running on a wireless device, comprising the steps of:
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collecting product information relating to a set of telecommunications products provided by a plurality of providers to the customer;
receiving a request for a document containing product information about the set of telecommunications products provided to the customer, the request using a wireless protocol;
combining the product information relating to the set of telecommunications products to create the document with an account statement for the customer; and
displaying the document on the wireless device using the wireless protocol, the document containing the account statement.
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21. A method of presenting account information to a customer on a program running on a wireless device, comprising the steps of:
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collecting product information relating to a product provided by a provider to the customer;
receiving a request for a document containing product information about the product provided to the customer, the request including a designation of at least one account in a hierarchy of customer accounts and the request using a wireless protocol;
combining the product information relating to the product to create the document with an account statement for the customer; and
displaying the document on the wireless device using the wireless protocol, the document containing the account statement. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42)
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39. A user interface for presenting account information to a customer on a browser running on a client computer, comprising:
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a first component including a set of account alerts corresponding to one or more products of the customer, the products provided by one of a plurality of providers;
a second component including a set of account snapshots for presenting data about the one or more products;
a third component including a summary of account trends indicating current and prior costs corresponding to the one or more products;
a fourth component including a list of the one or more products;
a fifth component including a list of service requests for one or more of the products and the status of each of the listed service requests;
a sixth component enabling the customer to select a subset of the products;
a seventh component enabling the customer to select a new user interface to be displayed;
an eighth component enabling the customer to search the user interface;
a ninth component including a billing overview for the one or more products;
a tenth component including contact information for a service representative; and
an eleventh component including news items related to the one or more products.
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43. A user interface for presenting telecommunications account information to a customer having a hierarchy of telecommunications accounts defined by the customer, the user interface presented to the customer on a browser running on a client computer, comprising:
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an account input component for receiving a designation of an account in the hierarchy of telecommunications accounts;
an information type input component for receiving a type of information to be displayed; and
a display component for displaying the type of information corresponding to the designated at least one account received by the account input component. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method for presenting communications account information to a customer having a plurality of accounts, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for a communications product from the customer, the request including a designation of at least one of the plurality of accounts, sending the request to one of a plurality of providers for provision of the communications product, and collecting product information relating to the communications product from the provider of the communications product;
combining the product information relating to the communications product to create an account statement for the customer; and
displaying the account statement to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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