Technique for facilitating customer transactions over a computer network using customized information from a backend computing system

摘要

A technique is provided for dynamically rendering graphical user interface pages over a computer network using customized information from a backend computing system. Using the technique of the present invention, a user is able to send a request for accessing specific information from the backend computing system by making a call on a remote server. In a specific embodiment, the present invention is configured to allow consumers to conduct billing transactions over the Internet. The present invention uses a thin server interface model for interfacing a consumer or user with the customized backend computing systems of one or more specific service providers. The data structure which is used by the user to implement the call request in the remote server may be modified without requiring modifications to the software code in either the client machine or the remote server engine. Further, new applications and/or call requests may be implemented within the system without requiring modification and recompilation of the user and server machine codes.