Electronic bill presentment via a wide area communications network
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, via a network at an electronic bill presentment service provider from a first network entity associated with a consumer, a request for bill data available for presentment, wherein the request is received subsequent to and responsive to a transmission, to the first network entity, of a notice of availability of the bill data;
responsive to receiving the request for bill data, accessing by the electronic bill presentment service provider via the network, a second network entity associated with a biller for at least a portion of the bill data;
receiving, at the electronic bill presentment service provider, the at least a portion of the bill data from the second network entity; and
transmitting the at least a portion of the bill data from the electronic bill presentment service provider to the first network entity,wherein the prior steps are performed by at least one computer associated with the electronic bill presentment service provider.
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Abstract
Bill information is electronically presented to a user via a wide-area communications network. The wide-area communications network has multiple different network sites, including a first network site associated with a first bill information presentment entity, a second network site associated with a first user entity, and a third network site associated with a second bill information presentment entity. First information for authenticating the first user entity is received by the first bill information presentment entity. The first user entity is authenticated to the third network site based on this received first authentication information. First bill information, which represents a first bill of a first biller for the first user entity, is accessed at the third network site based on the authentication of the first user entity to this site. The accessed first bill information is transmitted from the first network site to the second network site, for presentation to the first user entity.
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34 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, via a network at an electronic bill presentment service provider from a first network entity associated with a consumer, a request for bill data available for presentment, wherein the request is received subsequent to and responsive to a transmission, to the first network entity, of a notice of availability of the bill data; responsive to receiving the request for bill data, accessing by the electronic bill presentment service provider via the network, a second network entity associated with a biller for at least a portion of the bill data; receiving, at the electronic bill presentment service provider, the at least a portion of the bill data from the second network entity; and transmitting the at least a portion of the bill data from the electronic bill presentment service provider to the first network entity, wherein the prior steps are performed by at least one computer associated with the electronic bill presentment service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a processor; a memory in communication with the processor; and an input/output (I/O) interface in communication with the processor, wherein the processor, the memory, and the I/O interface are collectively configured to; receive, via a network at an electronic bill resentment service provider from a first network entity associated with a consumer, a request for first bill data available for presentment, wherein the request is received subsequent to and responsive to a transmission, to the first network entity, of a notice of availability of the bill data; responsive to receiving the request for first bill data, access by the electronic bill presentment service provider via the network, a second network entity associated with a biller for at least a portion of the first bill data; receive, at the electronic bill presentment service provider, the at least a portion of the first bill data from the second network entity; and transmit the at least a portion of the first bill data from the electronic bill presentment service provider to the first network entity. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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