System and method for dividing a remittance and distributing a portion of the funds to multiple investment products
First Claim
1. An administrative system for funding at least one investment product including:
- a charge card billing system capturing financial event information wherein said billing system comprises;
a card account database including user accounts;
a billing information database including information about user billings and to provide periodic statements related to previously established financial events;
a financial events database including information about said previously established financial events associated with a user;
a remittance database including information about user combined remittances of user funds, wherein said combined remittances include a portion of said user funds to satisfy debts charged to said user from said previously established financial events disclosed in said periodic statement and a portion of said user funds for at least one investment product as investment funds, wherein said investment funds were not previously invested, and without said charge card billing system loaning said investment funds to said user;
a payment hierarchy system establishing rules for distributing said combined remittances to said previously established financial events and to an investment brokerage system configured to facilitate said investment; and
,an investment broker system in communication with said billing system wherein said investment broker system comprises;
an investment instruction arrangement database including user investment instruction information;
an investment account database including said at least one investment product; and
,an investment payment hierarchy system establishing rules for distributing said user funds to said at least one investment product.
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Abstract
A known charge card billing system communicates with an investment broker system, wherein the investment broker system includes an instruction arrangement database, payment hierarchy and an investment account. An interested cardholder suitably appoints the charge card administrator as a processing agent to collect and promptly remit the cardholder'"'"'s voluntary, periodic payments for investment into preselected investment products, such as, for example, mutual fund shares, fixed annuities, variable annuities, CDs, insurance, certificates, equities and/or the like. The billing system distributes a billing statement at the end of each month, wherein the statement includes all of the charges for that month and a reminder to remit an additional dollar amount for the preselected investments. The cardholder then sends a single payment for the charges and the investments to the charge card administrator. After receiving the payment, the system appropriately unbundles the payment and distributes the remitted payment to the card account to satisfy the captured financial events and to the investment broker system for the purchase of investment products.
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12 Claims
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1. An administrative system for funding at least one investment product including:
a charge card billing system capturing financial event information wherein said billing system comprises; a card account database including user accounts; a billing information database including information about user billings and to provide periodic statements related to previously established financial events; a financial events database including information about said previously established financial events associated with a user; a remittance database including information about user combined remittances of user funds, wherein said combined remittances include a portion of said user funds to satisfy debts charged to said user from said previously established financial events disclosed in said periodic statement and a portion of said user funds for at least one investment product as investment funds, wherein said investment funds were not previously invested, and without said charge card billing system loaning said investment funds to said user; a payment hierarchy system establishing rules for distributing said combined remittances to said previously established financial events and to an investment brokerage system configured to facilitate said investment; and
,an investment broker system in communication with said billing system wherein said investment broker system comprises; an investment instruction arrangement database including user investment instruction information; an investment account database including said at least one investment product; and
,an investment payment hierarchy system establishing rules for distributing said user funds to said at least one investment product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for funding at least one investment product including the steps of:
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providing a charge card billing system through which a user charges financial events; capturing, using said billing system, previously established financial event information; providing an investment broker system in communication with said billing system, wherein said investment broker system includes multiple investment products through which said user can select at least one investment product for purchase; billing said user via a periodic statement for said previously established financial events related to said user; accepting, by said charge card billing system, a combined remittance of user funds from said user, said accepting is in response to said periodic statement; a portion of said combined remittance defined as said user funds to satisfy debts charged to the user from said previously established financial events disclosed in said periodic statement, and said user funds to be applied to said at least one investment product as investment funds, wherein said investment funds were not previously invested, and without said charge card billing system loaning said investment funds to said user; applying hierarchy rules to said combined remittance of said user funds to determine a portion of said user funds to be allocated by said investment broker system to said at least one investment product; transferring said investment funds to said investment broker system; applying payment hierarchy rules to said investment funds; and
,distributing said investment funds to said at least one investment product in accordance with said payment hierarchy rules. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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