Many-to-many correspondence: methods and systems for replacing interbank funds transfers

• US 7,599,885 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2001
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle Corporation
• Inventors: Johnson, Richard C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Jagdish N
• Application Number:
  US10/240,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20030212641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,086 Days
• Field of Search: 705/35, 705/39
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0855 involving a third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/38215 Use of certificates or encrypted proofs of transaction rights
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

By establishing a correspondence account in each Financial Service Provider (FSP) of a group of FSPs and a secure inter-FSP messaging mechanism, transfers of funds entirely within member FSPs (FSP 1, FSP 2, FSP 3, FSP 4) may be combined with secure messaging to effectively transfer funds between buyers in one FSP (FSP 2) and sellers in another FSP (FSP 1) without actual transfer of funds between FSP'"'"'s.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of electronically transferring a payment to a seller having an account at a first Financial Service Provider (FSP) from a buyer having an account at a second FSP, the first FSP owning a first account at the first FSP and the second FSP owning a second account at the second FSP, the method comprising:

establishing a second correspondence account at the second FSP, the second correspondence account being owned by the first FSP;

receiving, at one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP, an encrypted electronic request from the buyer to transfer the payment from the buyer'"'"'s account to the seller'"'"'s account;

debiting the payment from the buyer'"'"'s account and correspondingly crediting the payment to the second account with the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP;

debiting the payment from the second account and correspondingly crediting the payment to the second correspondence account with the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP;

generating a secure encrypted electronic message within the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP to the first FSP advising the first FSP that the payment has been transferred to the second correspondence account and requesting that funds corresponding to the transferred payment be credited to the seller'"'"'s account; and

sending the secure encrypted electronic messages from the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP to one or more computer systems associated with the first FSP.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising debiting the payment from the first account and correspondingly crediting the seller'"'"'s account upon receipt of the secure encrypted electronic message at the one or more computer systems associated with the first FSP.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a first correspondence account at the first FSP, the first correspondence account being owned by the second FSP.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an acknowledgment from the one or more computer systems associated with the first FSP at the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP, the acknowledgment at least indicating receipt of the secure encrypted electronic message by the first FSP.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an acknowledgment from the one or more computer systems associated with the first FSP at the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP, the acknowledgment at least indicating that the payment has been credited to the seller'"'"'s account.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising assessing a fee with the one or more computer systems associated with the first FSP or the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP from at least one of the buyer, the seller, the first FSP, and the second FSP.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the buyer'"'"'s account includes one of a credit, debit, FSP and payment card.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the seller'"'"'s account includes one of a credit, debit, FSP and payment card.

9. A computer-implemented method of transferring a payment to a seller having an account at a first Financial Service Provider (FSP) from a buyer having an account at a second FSP, the first FSP owning a first account at the first FSP and the second FSP owning a second account at the second FSP, the method comprising:

establishing a first correspondence account at the first FSP, the first correspondence account being owned by the second FSP;

receiving, at one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP, an encrypted electronic request from the buyer to transfer the payment from the buyer'"'"'s account to the seller'"'"'s account;

debiting the payment from the buyer'"'"'s account and correspondingly crediting the payment to the second account with the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP;

generating a secure encrypted electronic message within the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP to the first FSP advising the first FSP to debit the payment from the first correspondence account and correspondingly credit the first account at the first FSP and to credit the payment to the seller'"'"'s account; and

sending the secure encrypted electronic message from the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP to one or more computer systems associated with the first FSP.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising establishing a second correspondence account at the second FSP, the second correspondence account being owned by the first FSP.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising debiting the payment from the first correspondence account, correspondingly crediting the first account, and correspondingly crediting the payment to the seller'"'"'s account upon receipt of the secure encrypted electronic message at the one or more computer systems associated with the first FSP.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising receiving an acknowledgment from the one or more computer systems associated with first FSP at the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP, the acknowledgment at least indicating receipt of the secure encrypted electronic message by the first FSP.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising receiving an acknowledgment from the one or more computer systems associated with first FSP at the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP, the acknowledgment at least indicating that the seller'"'"'s account has been correspondingly credited.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising assessing a fee with the one or more computer systems associated with the first FSP or the one or more computer systems associated with the second FSP from at least one of the buyer, the seller, the first FSP, and the second FSP.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the buyer'"'"'s account includes one of a credit, debit, FSP and payment card.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the seller'"'"'s account includes one of a credit, debit, FSP and payment card.

17. A computer-readable storage medium configured to store computer-executable code for electronically transferring a payment to a seller having an account at a first Financial Service Provider (FSP) from a buyer having an account at a second FSP, the first FSP owning a first account at the first FSP and the second FSP owning a second account at the second FSP, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:

code for establishing a second correspondence account at the second FSP, the second correspondence account being owned by the first FSP;

code for receiving, at the second FSP, an encrypted electronic request from the buyer to transfer the payment from the buyer'"'"'s account to the seller'"'"'s account;

code for debiting the payment from the buyer'"'"'s account and correspondingly crediting the payment to the second account;

code for debiting the payment from the second account and correspondingly crediting the payment to the second correspondence account;

code for generating a secure encrypted electronic message to the first FSP advising the first FSP that the payment has been transferred to the second correspondence account and requesting that funds corresponding to the transferred payment be credited to the seller'"'"'s account; and

code for sending the secure encrypted electronic message to the first FSP.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising code for debiting the payment from the first account and code for correspondingly crediting the seller'"'"'s account upon receipt of the secure encrypted electronic message.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising code for establishing a first correspondence account at the first FSP, the first correspondence account being owned by the second FSP.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising code for receiving an acknowledgment from the first FSP, the acknowledgment at least indicating receipt of the secure encrypted electronic message by the first FSP.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising code for receiving an acknowledgment from the first FSP, the acknowledgment at least indicating that the payment has been credited to the seller'"'"'s account.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising code for assessing a fee, the fee being assessed from at least one of the buyer, the seller, the first FSP, and the second FSP.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the buyer'"'"'s account includes one of a credit, debit, FSP and payment card.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the seller'"'"'s account includes one of a credit, debit, FSP and payment card.

25. A computer-readable storage medium configured to store computer-executable code for transferring a payment to a seller having an account at a first Financial Service Provider (FSP) from a buyer having an account at a second FSP, the first FSP owning a first account at the first FSP and the second FSP owning a second account at the second FSP, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:

code for establishing a first correspondence account at the first FSP, the first correspondence account being owned by the second FSP;

code for receiving, at the second FSP, an encrypted electronic request from the buyer to transfer the payment from the buyer'"'"'s account to the seller'"'"'s account;

code for debiting the payment from the buyer'"'"'s account and correspondingly crediting the payment to the second account; and

code for generating a secure encrypted electronic message to the first FSP advising the first FSP to debit the payment from the first correspondence account and correspondingly credit the first account at the first FSP and to credit the payment to the seller'"'"'s account; and

code for sending the secure encrypted electronic message to the first FSP.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, further comprising code for establishing a second correspondence account at the second FSP, the second correspondence account being owned by the first FSP.

27. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, further comprising code for debiting the payment from the first correspondence account, code for correspondingly crediting the first account, and code for correspondingly crediting the payment to the seller'"'"'s account upon receipt of the secure encrypted electronic message.

28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, further comprising code for receiving an acknowledgment from the first FSP, the acknowledgment at least indicating receipt of the secure encrypted electronic message by the first FSP.

29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, further comprising code for receiving an acknowledgment from the first FSP, the acknowledgment at least indicating that the seller'"'"'s account has been correspondingly credited.

30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, further comprising code for assessing a fee, the fee being assessed from at least one of the buyer, the seller, the first FSP, and the second FSP.

31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the buyer'"'"'s account includes one of a credit, debit, FSP and payment card.

32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the seller'"'"'s account includes one of a credit, debit, FSP and payment card.