Patent ID: 6745229
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A Web-based invoice viewing system for enabling a customer to retrieve an invoice, over the Internet, said customer using a client browser application located at a customer workstation for communications with the invoice viewing system, said system comprising:at least one secure server for managing customer sessions over the Internet, the secure server supporting a secure socket connection enabling encrypted communications between the client browser application and the secure server; an invoice presentation device for enabling selection and presentation of invoice documents in accordance with customer entitlements, generating an invoice request message in response to customer selection of a specific invoice option and forwarding the invoice request message via the secure server; and an invoice server device for receiving the invoice request message, accessing the database in response to a request message and generating a response message for forwarding back to the invoice presentation device via the secure server, wherein the response message is assembled in a form suitable for display and the invoice presentation device presents a customer selected invoice document at the client workstation, and wherein the invoice presentation device includes a presentation applet downloaded from the secure server, the presentation applet launched within a Web browser window.