Union member accounts management system

• US 4,633,397 A
• Filed: 12/24/1984
• Issued: 12/30/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard Macco
• Original Assignee: Richard Macco
• Inventors: Macco, Richard
• Primary Examiner(s): Harkcom, Gary V.
• Application Number:
  US06/685,986
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 364/400-401, 364/406, 364/408, 364/200 MS File, 364/900 MS File, 364/300, 235/379-382, 235/382.5
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

A system for supervising one or more individual member accounts comprising a first data file for storing information characterizing each employer, a second data file for storing information characterizing each union member, and password protected provisions for manually updating each of these first and second data files. Each of the accounts are represented by an account module provided with an account processor, an account storage, and an account entry unit and each account module is in communication with the first and second data files. The system allows limited access to each account while utilizing central files characterizing each employer and union member.

Claims

1. In combination, in a system for processing and supervising one or more individual union member accounts comprising at least a dues account, wherein contribution to said accounts are provided by members and employers;

the improvement in said system comprising;

first data file magnetic storage means for storing current information characterizing each employer including each employer'"'"'s formula for contribution to a member'"'"'s account, each employer'"'"'s formula for delinquency in contributions to a member'"'"'s account;

second data file magnetic storage means for storing current information characterizing each member including each member'"'"'s employer, each member'"'"'s formula for contribution to a member'"'"'s account, each member'"'"'s status with respect to whether said member is active, retired or suspended;

first manual entry means for maintaining said first data file magnetic storage means;

second manual entry means for maintaining said second data file magnetic storage means;

at least one member account data file magnetic storage means for storing transactions with respect to said account;

account manual entry means for entering transactions from a member contribution and an employed contribution into said member account data file magnetic storage means;

operator activated account data processing means for operating on said first and second data file magnetic storage means and said member account data file magnetic storage means to generate individual account balances for individual members and each employer and to generate account delinquencies for each member and each employer; and

limited access means provided to at least one of said manual entry means using a password system.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein limited access is provided to each of said manual entry means using a password system.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said account manual entry means comprises a dues account manual entry means for posting dues and said account data processing means comprises a dues account data processing means for validating said posted dues and storing said dues in a dues account data file magnetic storage means.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said dues account manual entry means comprises means for selecting a dues checkoff and said dues account data processing means comprises means for calculating said dues checkoff and storing sdaid calculated data in said dues account data file magnetic storage means.

5. The system of claim 3 wherein said dues account manual entry means comprises means for entering a report selection and said dues account processing means comprising means for creating said report.