Open cable application platform (OCAP) and set-top box (STB)-based bill notification and payment application

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9215421
APP PUB NO 20090300668A1
SERIAL NO

12130611

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One exemplary aspect is advanced multimedia communications via OCAP using customer specific profiles resident in the STB for bill management. Aspects of the invention also relate to managing payment preferences, auto payment of bills or invoices, managing bill notification preferences, triggering a notification to be sent to one or more of an associated device and the STB upon receipt of a bill, analyzing an incoming bill with an intelligent agent and optionally initiating a communication to the vendor associated with a bill based on the analysis, acquiring additional information about the bill including an image of the bill and/or additional details, and forwarding invoice information to a destination associated with the STB.

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  • AVAYA INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Campagna, Theresa Philadelphia, US 9 204
Chavez, David L Broomfield, US 50 1571
Weber, Gregory D Westminster, US 16 237

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