System and method for optimized funding of electronic transactions
First Claim
1. A system for managing a transmission of funds for a payment request initiator, comprising:
- an input portion that inputs first information from a payment request initiator, the first information including payment source information and payee information, the first information constituting a payment request;
a payment platform database that includes payment platform data, the payment platform data including decision reference data store; and
a processor, the processor communicating with the input portion and the payment platform database so as to input the first information and access select payment platform data, the processor;
identifying a single payment source based on the payment source information, the single payment source being the source of funds for the transmission of funds;
identifying a payee account based on the payee information;
performing, after identifying the single payment source and the payee account, an optimization determination to determine a payment mechanism, out of a plurality of available payment mechanisms, to use to transfer the funds from the single payment source to the payee account, the processor using the first information and payment platform data in the optimization determination; and
effecting the transmission of funds from the single payment source to the payee account using the payment mechanism;
wherein the optimization determination includes using a matching algorithm to match the payee account with the payment mechanism;
wherein the matching algorithm assigns various weighting to the requested transaction based on at least one of address matching, account number matching and name matching, the various weighting then used by the processor as a factor, in determination of the payment mechanism;
wherein the processor further determining a credit amount associated with the payment request initiator who submits the first information, and using the credit amount in the optimization determination;
wherein the optimization determination includes using a scoring mechanism that provides a score, the score relating to credit amount, and wherein the processor selects one payment mechanism out of the plurality of available payment mechanisms based on the score accorded to the payment request initiator, the optimization determination further including the scoring mechanism being used to segregate customers into different tiers, such segregation into different tiers used to determine the credit amount to be given to the payment request initiator.
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Abstract
The invention provides systems and methods for managing transactions. The system includes a data input portion that communicates first information regarding a payment request, as well as a decision reference data store for communicating second information regarding parameters for use in determining a payment option for the payment request. The system also includes a processor. The processor inputs the first information and the second information. Then, the processor selectably determines the payment option to direct a transmission of funds from at least one payment source to at least one payee account based on an optimization determination performed by the processor. The optimization determination may provide savings to the institution processing the transaction, or alternatively, may provide savings to the customer initiating the transaction, for example.
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39 Claims
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1. A system for managing a transmission of funds for a payment request initiator, comprising:
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an input portion that inputs first information from a payment request initiator, the first information including payment source information and payee information, the first information constituting a payment request; a payment platform database that includes payment platform data, the payment platform data including decision reference data store; and a processor, the processor communicating with the input portion and the payment platform database so as to input the first information and access select payment platform data, the processor; identifying a single payment source based on the payment source information, the single payment source being the source of funds for the transmission of funds; identifying a payee account based on the payee information; performing, after identifying the single payment source and the payee account, an optimization determination to determine a payment mechanism, out of a plurality of available payment mechanisms, to use to transfer the funds from the single payment source to the payee account, the processor using the first information and payment platform data in the optimization determination; and
effecting the transmission of funds from the single payment source to the payee account using the payment mechanism;wherein the optimization determination includes using a matching algorithm to match the payee account with the payment mechanism; wherein the matching algorithm assigns various weighting to the requested transaction based on at least one of address matching, account number matching and name matching, the various weighting then used by the processor as a factor, in determination of the payment mechanism; wherein the processor further determining a credit amount associated with the payment request initiator who submits the first information, and using the credit amount in the optimization determination; wherein the optimization determination includes using a scoring mechanism that provides a score, the score relating to credit amount, and wherein the processor selects one payment mechanism out of the plurality of available payment mechanisms based on the score accorded to the payment request initiator, the optimization determination further including the scoring mechanism being used to segregate customers into different tiers, such segregation into different tiers used to determine the credit amount to be given to the payment request initiator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system for managing a transmission of funds for a payment request initiator, comprising:
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an input portion that inputs first information from a payment request initiator, the first information including payment source information and payee information, the first information constituting a payment request; a payment platform database that includes payment platform data, the payment platform data including decision reference data store; and a processor, the processor communicating with the input portion and the payment platform database so as to input the first information and access select payment platform data, the processor; identifying a single payment source based on the payment source information, the single payment source being the source of funds for the transmission of funds; identifying a payee account based on the payee information; performing, after identifying the single payment source and the payee account, an optimization determination to determine a payment mechanism, out of a plurality of available payment mechanisms, to use to transfer the funds from the single payment source to the payee account, the processor using the first information and payment platform data in the optimization determination; and effecting the transmission of funds from the single payment source to the payee account using the payment mechanism; and wherein the identifying a single payment source is performed using a further optimization determination, which is performed before the optimization determination to determine a payment mechanism; and
the further optimization determination, performed by the processor, determining the single payment source from a plurality of available payment sources;the input portion is a computer of the payment request initiator, and the plurality of available payment sources are identified by the payment request initiator; the optimization determination includes using a matching algorithm to match the payee account with the payment mechanism, the matching algorithm assigns various weighting to the requested transaction based on at least one of address matching, account number matching and name matching, the various weighting then used by the processor as a factor, in determination of the payment mechanism; and the payment platform data includes affiliation data affiliating the single payment source with a plurality of available payment mechanisms, each of which is respectively usable to transmit the funds from a payment source; and
the optimization determination, performed by the processor, uses the affiliation data; andthe processor further determining a credit amount associated with the payment request initiator who submits the first information, and using the credit amount in the optimization determination; and the optimization determination includes using a scoring mechanism that provides a score, the score relating to credit amount, and wherein the processor selects one payment mechanism out of the plurality of available payment mechanisms based on the score accorded to the payment request initiator, the optimization determination further including the scoring mechanism being used to segregate customers into different tiers, such segregation into different tiers used to determine the credit amount to be given to the payment request initiator; and the optimization determination performed by the processor includes the processor basing the optimization determination, at least in part, on the risk associated with each of a plurality of available payment mechanisms. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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