Patent ID: 7370014
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for aggregating bills from a biller website via the Internet to provide items of bill data to a user and to facilitate payments of the items of bill data for the user, the method comprising the steps of: configuring a bot to operate as an agent for the user, said bot accessing said biller website and gathering bill data for said user; providing an interface for the user to enter user access information required to access said biller website; receiving said user access information from the user; validating said user access information at said biller website by logging in at said biller website; notifying the user if the validation of said user access information fails; accessing said biller website with said bot using said user access information to scrape user bill data from said biller website; using said user access information to access the biller website at scheduled times to provide an additional item of bill data for the user, wherein the additional item of bill data includes a statement date; incorporating the additional item of bill data into the items of bill data; and providing an interface for the user to enter bill payment information necessary to pay a bill.