AUTOMATED BILL PAYING PROCESSING

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
HORIZON	FIRST TENNESSEE NATIONAL CORPORATION	165 Madison Avenue Memphis TN 38103	Automated bill paying and processing services; financial services, namely, providing financial analysis, consultation, planning and management services; investment services, namely, providing, investment analysis, consultation, planning, management and advisory services, investment securities brokerage services and investment research services with respect to stocks, mutual funds, securities, bonds, commodities, real estate and other investment instruments;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

The present invention provides a fully automated and secure bill payment system which is extremely simple for clients to operate. A processing web site is established which interconnects via the Internet to a plurality of financial institutions, billers and clients. Each biller has an established web site into which a client of the biller can enter and view a bill image using a personal computer or similar device connected to the Internet. The bill image is actually part of a HTML form which contains hidden identifying information of the biller. To facilitate payment, the client selects a bill payment icon presented graphically within the body of the bill image. This action initiates a sequence of events, including the forwarding of the HTML form to the processing web site, a confirmation message being sent to the client, confirmation by the client, and the debiting and crediting of client and biller accounts respectively. Instead of requiring the client to log into the biller's web site, the bill can also be presented to the client by way of an e-mail message. Similar to the previous scenario, bill payment is accomplished by the client selecting a bill payment icon.