SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PRIVATE SECTOR MONETARY AUTHORITY

• US 20140279540A1
• Filed: 03/14/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fulcrum SP Limited (SP Nano Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Fulcrum SP Limited (SP Nano Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jackson, Douglas
• Application Number:
  US14/211,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20140279540A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/44
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/023 the neutral party being a clearing house
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/381 Currency conversion

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention may provide systems and methods for administering a private sector Monetary Authority. The systems and methods may include providing access to End Users; and enabling performance of specialized Roles required for the administration of the system. The systems and methods may be self-contained for creation, holding, circulation and retirement of the Base Money such that outside money or value cannot be transmitted into or out of the system.

Claims

1. A system for administering a closed alternative currency, the system comprising:

at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one processors perform the following steps;

providing access to one or more currency issuer users;

receiving requests for one or more issuance transactions with at least one of the one or more currency issuer users to issue or de-issue a quantity of a base money, wherein the base money is commodity-based and 100% reserved, and wherein the base money must come only from an account that already possesses adequate base money;

authenticating the one or more issuance transactions;

authorizing the one or more issuance transactions, if authenticated;

providing access to a plurality of account owner users;

receiving requests from one or more account owner users to add a quantity of base money to an end user account;

authenticating the request to add a quantity of base money;

authorizing the request to add a quantity of base money, if authenticated;

receiving requests from one or more account owner users to remove a quantity of base money to an end user account;

authenticating the request to remove a quantity of base money;

authorizing the request to remove a quantity of base money, if authenticated;

receiving requests for one or more payment transactions between account owner users in a base money;

authenticating the one or more payment transactions;

authorizing the one or more payment transactions if authenticated;

wherein the system is a closed system where base money cannot leave and outside money cannot enter.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more payment transactions is an account to account to transfer effected by crediting the account of a payer and debiting the account of a payee.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the base money is in the form of a book entry in an accounting system accessed by the at least one processor.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the issuer user must redeem and de-issue any or all base money on demand.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the issuer user must issue additional base money on demand.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the base money must not be loaned, hypothecated or encumbered for any purpose.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein a secondary currency circulates in the system, but is not commingled with the base money, wherein the secondary currency is backed at least in part by financial instruments and is anchored to existing national currencies.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising enrolling system users after assuring validation of identity and excluding multiple enrollments or usage by proscribed persons.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising authenticating the request for one or more payment transactions is authorized by an account owner user with requisite privileges.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the commodity is gold.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving requests for one or more payment transactions between account owner users in a secondary currency;

authenticating the one or more payment transactions; and

authorizing the one or more payment transactions if authenticated.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising exchanging currency from a convention currency to the base money or from the base money to the conventional currency.

13. An alternative currency payment system, the system comprising:

at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one processors perform the following steps;

providing a settlement platform for managing one or more accounts;

receiving one or more requests from a user to make or receive a spend instruction in a quantity of base money, wherein the base money is commodity-based and 100% reserved, and wherein the base money must come only from an account that already possesses adequate base money;

analyzing acceptability of potential spend instructions;

authenticating a spend instruction by determining if the spend instruction conforms to rules of the system.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving instructions from one or more issuers to issue or de-issue a quantity of base money;

authenticating the one or more requests to issue or de-issue a quantity of base money; and

authorizing the one or more requests to issue or de-issue a quantity of base money if authenticated.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the spend instruction is an immediate automated settlement available at any time.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the spend instruction is pre-authorized for a future time.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the rules are a strict debit rule prohibiting a spend amount greater than an available balance.

18. An alternative currency issuance system, the system comprising:

at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one processors perform the following steps;

providing an issuance platform for managing one or more accounts;

receiving a bailment of a physical commodity to an allocated storage holding;

sending a notification of the bailment to an issuing user;

an issuer spend is made from a mint account to a comptroller account;

a distribution spend is made to an account of a primary dealer receiving the bailment.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein a quantity of base money is de-issued.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the issuance platform performs a de-issuance, wherein the de-issuance comprises:

receiving a de-issuance spend from a primary dealer account to an account of a comptroller;

transferring the de-issuance spend from the comptroller account to a mint account resulting in a decrease of the base money in circulation; and

providing for release of the physical commodity from the allocated storage holding.