Patent ID: 6832212
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
In a browser interface system, a method for manipulating billing and payment information comprising the steps of:downloading billing information to a local location, wherein said billing information is obtained using a specialized application program which communicates over the internet to a billing service and wherein said billing information indicates at least one bill which a biller requires payment on, said at least one bill comprising a plurality of detailed billing records; accessing retained criteria entered by a user, wherein said retained criteria includes at least one of sorting, highlighting, filtering and aliasing criteria for personalizing the display of the detailed billing records contained within said at least one bill; formatting the display of field information within said detailed billing records automatically; acting upon said retained criteria; displaying said detailed billing records and said formatted field information in accordance with the acted upon retained criteria using the specialized application without invoking a separate application program; and operating on said formatted field information.