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-paying service, comprising:
- an internet-connected server executing software from a non-transitory, machine-readable medium, the software providing;
functionality accessing, on behalf of a user, a plurality of billing servers, logging in with credentials supplied by the user, and downloading information concerning one or more bills which the user is responsible to pay;
functionality receiving a selection by the end user, indicating a bill the user wishes to pay; and
functionality transmitting to the user a deep-link plug-in (DLP) for the billing server where the bill selected by the client is associated, the DLP redirecting the user to a page at the billing server where the user is enabled to pay the bill selected.
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Abstract
A bill-paying service has an internet-connected server executing software from a non-transitory, machine-readable medium, the software providing functionality accessing, on behalf of a user, a plurality of billing servers, logging in with credentials supplied by the user, and downloading information concerning one or more bills which the user is responsible to pay, functionality receiving a selection by the end user, indicating a bill the user wishes to pay, and functionality transmitting to the user a deep-link plug-in (DLP) for the billing server where the bill selected by the client is associated, the DLP redirecting the user to a page at the billing server where the user is enabled to pay the bill selected.
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1. A bill-paying service, comprising:
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an internet-connected server executing software from a non-transitory, machine-readable medium, the software providing; functionality accessing, on behalf of a user, a plurality of billing servers, logging in with credentials supplied by the user, and downloading information concerning one or more bills which the user is responsible to pay; functionality receiving a selection by the end user, indicating a bill the user wishes to pay; and functionality transmitting to the user a deep-link plug-in (DLP) for the billing server where the bill selected by the client is associated, the DLP redirecting the user to a page at the billing server where the user is enabled to pay the bill selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for paying bills, comprising the steps of:
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(a) accessing, on behalf of a user, a plurality of billing servers; (b) logging in to the billing servers with credentials supplied by the user; (c) downloading information concerning one or more bills which the user is responsible to pay; (d) receiving a selection by the user, indicating a bill the user wishes to pay; and (e) transmitting to the user a deep-link plug-in (DLP) for the billing server where the bill selected by the client is associated, the DLP redirecting the user to a page at the billing server where the user is enabled to pay the bill selected. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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