Technique for presenting matched billers to a consumer
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a service provider, a request to identify one or more billers having bills available for electronic presentment, the received request including information identifying the consumer and excluding information identifying any billers of the consumer; and
determining, by the service provider in response to the received request and from a plurality of billers having bills available for electronic presentment, one or more determined billers of the consumer and one or more candidate billers of the consumer, the consumer having not previously requested the service provider to present bills of the one or more determined billers or the one or more candidate billers; and
transmitting information identifying the one or more determined billers and information identifying in the one or more candidate billers,wherein the information identifying the one or more determined billers and the information identifying the one or more candidate billers is displayed to one of the consumer or an entity acting on behalf of the consumer, andwherein the information identifying the one or more determined billers is displayed separate from the information identifying the one or more candidate billers.
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Abstract
A technique for identifying a consumer'"'"'s electronic billers in which the consumer does not identify billers is provided. The consumer transmits, from a consumer station, a request for a service provider to identify his or her electronic billers. This request includes information identifying the consumer, but excludes any information identifying any biller. In response to the transmitted request, the consumer receives, at the consumer station, a listing of one or more electronic billers of the consumer. That is, these are electronic billers with which the consumer has a relationship. Also, the consumer has not previously requested to the service provider to electronically present bills of any of the electronic billers included in the listing.
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23 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a service provider, a request to identify one or more billers having bills available for electronic presentment, the received request including information identifying the consumer and excluding information identifying any billers of the consumer; and determining, by the service provider in response to the received request and from a plurality of billers having bills available for electronic presentment, one or more determined billers of the consumer and one or more candidate billers of the consumer, the consumer having not previously requested the service provider to present bills of the one or more determined billers or the one or more candidate billers; and transmitting information identifying the one or more determined billers and information identifying in the one or more candidate billers, wherein the information identifying the one or more determined billers and the information identifying the one or more candidate billers is displayed to one of the consumer or an entity acting on behalf of the consumer, and wherein the information identifying the one or more determined billers is displayed separate from the information identifying the one or more candidate billers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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a communications interface configured (i) to receive a request on behalf of a consumer for a service provider to identify one or more billers having bills available for electronic presentment, the request including information identifying the consumer and excluding information identifying any billers of the consumer, and (ii) to transmit information identifying electronic billers; and a processor associated with the service provider configured (i) to determine, in response to the received request and from a plurality of billers having bills available for electronic presentment, one or more billers determined to be billers of the consumer and one or more candidate billers of the consumer, the consumer having not previously requested the service provider to present bills of the one or more determined billers or the one or more candidate billers, and (ii) to cause the communications interface to transmit information identifying the one or more determined billers and information identifying the one or more candidate billers, wherein the information identifying the one or more determined billers and the information identifying the one or more candidate billers is displayed to one of the consumer or an entity acting on behalf of the consumer, and wherein the information identifying the one or more determined billers is displayed separate from the information identifying the one or more candidate billers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system, comprising:
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means for receiving, at a service provider, a request to identify one or more billers having bills available for electronic presentment, the received request including information identifying the consumer and excluding information identifying any billers of the consumer; and means for determining, by the service provider in response to the received request and from a plurality of billers having bills available for electronic presentment, one or more determined billers of the consumer and one or more candidate billers of the consumer, the consumer having not previously requested the service provider to present bills of the one or more determined billers or the one or more candidate billers; and means for transmitting information identifying the one or more determined billers and information identifying the one or more candidate billers, wherein the information identifying the one or more determined billers and the information identifying the one or more candidate billers is displayed to one of the consumer or an entity acting on behalf of the consumer, and wherein the information identifying the one or more determined billers is displayed separate from the information identifying the one or more candidate billers.
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