Centralized electronic bill presentment
First Claim
1. A method for making bill information available for presentation to a user entity, comprising:
- receiving, at a first network site from a third network site associated with a first user entity, a first request of the first user entity for bill information;
retrieving, responsive to the received first request, first bill information representing a first bill of a first biller entity for the first user entity that is stored at a second network site associated with a first bill information provider entity; and
transmitting, from the first network site to the third network site, the retrieved first bill information for presentation to the first user entity at the third network site;
wherein, the first, the second, and the third network sites are different network sites.
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Abstract
To make bill information available for presentation to a user entity, a first network site receives a request of the user entity for bill information, from a third network site associated with the user entity. In response, bill information representing a bill of a biller entity for the user entity is retrieved from storage at a second network site associated with a bill information provider entity, such as a biller. The retrieved bill information is transmitted, from the first network site to the third network site, for presentation to the user entity at the third network site. The first, the second, and the third network sites are different network sites.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for making bill information available for presentation to a user entity, comprising:
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receiving, at a first network site from a third network site associated with a first user entity, a first request of the first user entity for bill information;
retrieving, responsive to the received first request, first bill information representing a first bill of a first biller entity for the first user entity that is stored at a second network site associated with a first bill information provider entity; and
transmitting, from the first network site to the third network site, the retrieved first bill information for presentation to the first user entity at the third network site;
wherein, the first, the second, and the third network sites are different network sites. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for making bill information available for presentation to a user entity, comprising:
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a first network station, associated with a first user entity, configured to transmit a first request for bill information;
a second network station, associated with a first bill information provider entity, configured to store first bill information representing a first bill of a first biller entity for the first user entity; and
a third network station configured (i) to receive the transmitted first request for bill information, (ii) to retrieve the first bill information stored at the second network station responsive to the received first request, and (iii) to transmit the retrieved first bill information;
wherein the first network station is further configured to receive the transmitted first bill information and display the received first bill information to the first user entity. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for electronically presenting bill information to a user via a wide-area communications network, the communications network having multiple different network sites including a first network site associated with a bill information presentment entity, a second network site associated with a first user entity, and a third network site associated with a first bill information provider entity, comprising:
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receiving, at the first network site from the second network site, a first request of the first user entity for billing information;
accessing first bill information representing a first bill of a first biller for the first user entity at the third network site, subsequent to receipt of the first request; and
transmitting the accessed first bill information from the first network site to the second network site for presentation to the first user entity. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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