Financial institution-based transaction processing system and approach
First Claim
1. An automated transaction processing system for auditing transactions between contracting parties on behalf of a plurality of financial institutions, the system comprising:
- a central processing node adapted, for different transactions involving various financial institutions, toassociate each transaction with a unique one of the plurality of financial institutions,audit each transaction according to a set of transaction rules defined as a function of the unique financial institution and a business relationship between the unique financial institution and at least one of the contracting parties, andfacilitate payment for each transaction as a function of the audit.
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Abstract
Transaction processing for financial institution-based transactions is facilitated. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a transaction processing approach involves the processing of financial aspects of a transaction between buying and selling parties using transaction rules associated with a sponsoring financial institution. Transaction-related information is processed as a function of business rules associated with the sponsoring financial institution to facilitate payment for the transaction and the assessment of fees associated with the transaction processing.
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33 Claims
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1. An automated transaction processing system for auditing transactions between contracting parties on behalf of a plurality of financial institutions, the system comprising:
a central processing node adapted, for different transactions involving various financial institutions, to associate each transaction with a unique one of the plurality of financial institutions, audit each transaction according to a set of transaction rules defined as a function of the unique financial institution and a business relationship between the unique financial institution and at least one of the contracting parties, and facilitate payment for each transaction as a function of the audit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An automated transaction processing system and network for processing transactions for buyers and sellers sponsored into the processing network by a sponsoring bank, the system comprising:
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an association processor configured and arranged, for each of a plurality of transactions involving a buyer and a seller, to identify a particular sponsoring bank for each buyer and seller as a function of stored identifiers, the association identifying respective business rules, set in accordance with the particular sponsoring bank and the particular buyer or seller for which the rules are set, for respectively processing transactions on behalf of the buyer and on behalf of the seller for a particular transaction; and a collaborative contracts processor configured and arranged, for each particular transaction involving a buyer and a seller, to use the identified business rules and a business agreement between the buyer and seller to determine the amount of fees that should be charged to the seller, should charged to the buyer as a function of the identity of the buyer and the identity of the buyer'"'"'s sponsoring bank, the seller'"'"'s sponsoring bank owes the buyer'"'"'s sponsoring bank, the buyer'"'"'s sponsoring bank owes the seller'"'"'s sponsoring bank, and the buyer'"'"'s sponsoring bank and the seller'"'"'s sponsoring bank owe the automated transaction processing system and network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for auditing transactions between contracting parties on behalf of a plurality of financial institutions, the method comprising:
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associating each transaction with a unique one of the plurality of financial institutions; auditing each transaction according to a set of transaction rules defined as a function of the unique financial institution and a business relationship between the unique financial institution and at least one of the contracting parties, and facilitating payment for each transaction as a function of the audit. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A system for auditing transactions between contracting parties on behalf of a plurality of financial institutions, the system comprising:
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means for associating each transaction with a unique one of the plurality of financial institutions; means for auditing each transaction according to a set of transaction rules defined as a function of the unique financial institution and a business relationship between the unique financial institution and at least one of the contracting parties, and means for facilitating payment for each transaction as a function of the audit.
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33. A method for processing transactions for buyers and sellers sponsored into a processing network by a sponsoring bank, the method comprising:
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for each of a plurality of transactions involving a buyer and a seller, identifying a particular sponsoring bank for each buyer and seller as a function of stored identifiers, the association identifying respective business rules, set in accordance with the particular sponsoring bank and the particular buyer or seller for which the rules are set, for respectively processing transactions on behalf of the buyer and on behalf of the seller for a particular transaction; and for each particular transaction involving a buyer and a seller, use the identified business rules and a business agreement between the buyer and seller to determine the amount of fees that should be charged to the seller, should charged to the buyer as a function of the identity of the buyer and the identity of the buyer'"'"'s sponsoring bank, the seller'"'"'s sponsoring bank owes the buyer'"'"'s sponsoring bank, the buyer'"'"'s sponsoring bank owes the seller'"'"'s sponsoring bank, and the buyer'"'"'s sponsoring bank and the seller'"'"'s sponsoring bank owe the automated transaction processing system and network.
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