Financial processing gateway structure
First Claim
1. A web-based system for real-time management of retirement funds, said system comprising:
- a. a computer-based retirement funds management system managing retirement funds associated with one or more participants;
b. a plan provider gateway accessing said computer-based retirement funds management system and performing any of, or a combination of, the following tasks;
approving and modifying settings associated with said participants, approving and modifying plan settings associated with said participants, maintaining a range of investments, and processing and distributing investment income and dividends;
c. a plan sponsor gateway accessing said computer-based retirement funds management system and performing any of, or a combination of, the following tasks;
configuring clients, configuring bulletins, configuring divisions, configuring information associated with said participants, viewing and editing plans, displaying a list of plan participants, displaying investments within a selected plan, performance compliance testing, and processing participant contributions; and
d. a plan participant gateway accessing said computer-based retirement funds management system and performing any of, or a combination of, the following tasks;
updating information associated with said participants, updating investment designations, and monitoring, modeling and applying for loans, transfers, and distribution.
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Abstract
A web-based system for the management of various types of retirement plans including 401(k) plans, money purchase plans, and profit sharing plans is described. The system comprises: (a) a computer-based retirement system such as a 401(k) system; (b) a plan provider gateway providing plan providers (banks, brokerages, insurance companies, payroll services, etc.) with access to the 401(k) system; (c) a plan sponsor gateway providing plan sponsors (such as individual companies that offer 401(k) to their employees) and authorized plan provider representatives with access to the 401(k) system; and (d) a plan participant gateway providing plan participants (such as individuals participating in a 401(k) plan), authorized plan provider representatives, and authorized plan sponsor representatives with access to the 401(k) system. Thus, each type of user (a plan provider, a plan sponsor, or a plan participant) is able to perform their appropriate and necessary functions via the above-mentioned three gateways.
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30 Claims
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1. A web-based system for real-time management of retirement funds, said system comprising:
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a. a computer-based retirement funds management system managing retirement funds associated with one or more participants;
b. a plan provider gateway accessing said computer-based retirement funds management system and performing any of, or a combination of, the following tasks;
approving and modifying settings associated with said participants, approving and modifying plan settings associated with said participants, maintaining a range of investments, and processing and distributing investment income and dividends;
c. a plan sponsor gateway accessing said computer-based retirement funds management system and performing any of, or a combination of, the following tasks;
configuring clients, configuring bulletins, configuring divisions, configuring information associated with said participants, viewing and editing plans, displaying a list of plan participants, displaying investments within a selected plan, performance compliance testing, and processing participant contributions; and
d. a plan participant gateway accessing said computer-based retirement funds management system and performing any of, or a combination of, the following tasks;
updating information associated with said participants, updating investment designations, and monitoring, modeling and applying for loans, transfers, and distribution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
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8. A web-based system for the management of retirement funds, said system comprising:
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a. a computer-based retirement funds management system managing retirement funds associated with one or more plan providers, one or more authorized plan provider representatives, one or more plan sponsors, one or more authorized plan sponsor representatives, and one or more plan participants;
b. a plan provider gateway providing said one or more plan providers and said one or more authorized plan provider representatives with access to said computer-based retirement funds management system;
c. a plan sponsor gateway providing said one or more plan sponsors, said one or more authorized plan sponsor representatives, and said one or more authorized plan provider representatives with access to the computer-based retirement funds management system; and
d. a plan participant gateway providing said one or more plan participants, said one or more authorized plan sponsor representatives, and said one or more authorized plan provider representatives with access to the computer-based retirement funds management system, whereby, in a full service mode, said plan providers and said one or more authorized plan provider representatives have additional access to said plan sponsor gateway and plan participant gateway, and in a self service more, said plan sponsors and said one or more authorized plan sponsor representatives have additional access to said plan participant gateway. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A web-based system for the management of retirement funds, said system comprising:
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a. one or more databases;
b. a computer-based retirement funds management system operatively linked with said one or more databases storing retirement fund/plan information associated with one or more plan providers, one or more plan sponsors and one or more plan participants;
c. a plan provider gateway providing said one or more plan providers with access to said computer-based retirement funds management system;
d. a plan sponsor gateway providing said one or more plan sponsors with access to the computer-based retirement funds management system; and
e. a plan participant gateway providing said one or more plan participants with access to the computer-based retirement funds management system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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