1.   First, consumers hand over their credit cards, loyalty cards, and phone billing information so the Brookline-based Internet service can keep track of their spending.

2.   He has also set up a backup database for customer order and billing information, in case the first database fizzles.

3.   That means making sure telephone records, phone lines and billing information are shifted smoothly through a computerized operational support system.

4.   The companies plan to use the software for everything from handling billing information to determining the location of a caller to scrambling wireless phone calls to keep them private.

5.   The Divx player would be connected to a phone line, which would forward play and billing information to a Divx central computer.

6.   This feature allowed customers to buy an item on-line with one click of the mouse, without having to re-enter shipping and billing information every time they buy.

7.   AOL staffers will never ask a subscriber for a password or billing information, he said.

8.   The main account information could come up on the main page, billing information on another panel and the history of problems on another.