Patent ID: 7366696
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A network for electronically presenting bill related information, comprising: a central network station configured to transmit bill availability information identifying available bills of a plurality of different billers for a plurality of different users, information associated with each of the identified bills of a respective one of the plurality of different billers being available at one of a first network address associated with the respective biller and a second network address associated with the respective biller; and a plurality of different user stations, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of different users, and configured to receive the transmitted bill availability information for its associated user and to select one of the identified bills; wherein the central network station is configured to (1) associate a first user of the plurality of different users with information to be presented with a first bill, wherein an indicator of the association is stored, and (2) in response to a first request received from the first user, determine the information to be presented with the first bill based on the indicator associated with the first user, and (3) transmit the information to be presented with the first bill to the first user, and wherein a first of the plurality of user stations, associated with the first of the plurality of different users, is linked to the first network address associated with a first of the plurality of different billers based on a first bill selection by the first user station, and a second of the plurality of user stations associated with a second of the plurality of different users is linked to the second network address associated with the first biller based on a second bill selection by the second user station.