Patent ID: 8612342

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: storing, in one or more memory devices by a bill presentment entity supporting a plurality of billers, billing information associated with bills of a biller included in the plurality of billers for customers of the biller; storing, in the one or more memory devices by the bill presentment entity, identity information identifying the customers of the biller having stored billing information; receiving, by the bill presentment entity via a network, registration information identifying a person that is not currently registered with the bill presentment entity, wherein the registration information is not received in association with a request to activate electronic billing from the biller through the bill presentment entity; comparing, by the bill presentment entity, at least a portion of the received registration information with at least a portion of the stored identity information; determining, by the bill presentment entity based at least in part on the comparison, that the person identified by the received registration information is one of the customers of the biller having stored billing information; and transmitting, by the bill presentment entity via the network and based at least in part upon the determination that the person is one of the customers of the biller having stored billing information, a notice of the availability of a portion of the stored billing information of the biller that is associated with the person, wherein the above steps are performed by one or more computers associated with the bill presentment entity.