Method and Apparatus for Configuring and Establishing a Secure Credential-Based Network Link Between a Client and a Service over a Data-Packet-Network
First Claim
1. A bill payment method, comprising steps of:
- (a) accessing, by a service enterprise, a plurality of billing servers, logging in with credentials supplied by a client, and downloading, to a data repository of the service enterprise, indicators of bills which the client is responsible to pay;
(b) providing an interactive interface via the Internet to a computerized appliance operated by the client;
(c) receiving via the interface a selection by the client indicating one of the bills the client is responsible to pay;
(d) transmitting to the client appliance a deep-link plug-in (DLP) for the billing server where the bill selected by the client is associated;
(e) executing by the client the DLP, connecting the client directly to an interactive page on the billing server where the client may pay the bill.
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Abstract
A system for establishing a direct network connection between a first and a second node over a data-packet-network includes a third network node having connection to the data-packet-network for providing an electronic interface accessible to the first node; a navigation agent directed by the third network node for navigating over the network to the second node to gather information; and at least one machine-readable instruction containing the instruction for directing and implementing the direct network connection. The electronic interface may be a Web page providing bill consolidation and payment services to a client operating the first node and wherein the connection established via the instruction enables transparent login payment of a bill at the second node, which may be a direct billing party interface of the client registered and listed on the Web page.
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3 Claims
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1. A bill payment method, comprising steps of:
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(a) accessing, by a service enterprise, a plurality of billing servers, logging in with credentials supplied by a client, and downloading, to a data repository of the service enterprise, indicators of bills which the client is responsible to pay; (b) providing an interactive interface via the Internet to a computerized appliance operated by the client; (c) receiving via the interface a selection by the client indicating one of the bills the client is responsible to pay; (d) transmitting to the client appliance a deep-link plug-in (DLP) for the billing server where the bill selected by the client is associated; (e) executing by the client the DLP, connecting the client directly to an interactive page on the billing server where the client may pay the bill. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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