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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Theresa Campagna, Philadelphia, PA (US);
David L. Chavez, Broomfield, CO (US);
Gregory D. Weber, Westminster, CO (US);
Theresa Campagna, Philadelphia, PA (US);
David L. Chavez, Broomfield, CO (US);
Gregory D. Weber, Westminster, CO (US);
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
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.