Abstract: A system and method for Internet bill presentment and payment using a “push” model to intelligently “push” bills from the billing entities to the customers without the active enrollment by the customer. Initially, a bill servicing entity data mines payments made by the customers to that billing entity. The data mining reveals the financial institution that a customer uses to pay his bills and the customer's account number at that customer's financial institution. After determining the particular financial institutions used by the customers, the bill servicing entity is able to send electronic bill packets to the customers' respective financial institutions. By enlisting a plurality of financial institutions used by a plurality of billing entities, most of the customers' bills can be presented to the customers at the customers' financial institution with no effort by the customer.

Abstract: A series of implants for intraocular and/or intraorbital use are provided which permit the controlled release of pharmacological agents. The implants are substantial C-shaped rings and are insertable through incisions made in the eye wall or are sutured around the globe of the eye. The C-shaped rings may be formed from the biodegradable polymers so as to release a drug as the polymer biodegrades or the implant may be in the form of a hollow flexible polymeric cocoon with the drug disposed therewithin for slow release by osmosis.