System and method for allocating excess funds in aggregated control account

• US 7,680,716 B1
• Filed: 06/25/2007
• Issued: 03/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Island Intellectual Property LLC (Double Rock Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Island Intellectual Property LLC (Double Rock Corporation)
• Inventors: Bent, Bruce, Bent, Bruce II
• Primary Examiner(s): Trammell; James P
• Assistant Examiner(s): AMELUNXEN, BARBARA J
• Application Number:
  US11/767,837
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/35, 705/36.R, 705/39, 705/42
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/105 involving programming of a portable memory device, e.g. IC cards, "electronic purses"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

A method, program product and system for interim allocation of excess funds in a control operating account in an intermediary bank prior to actual distribution to aggregated accounts, the method comprising: (a) monitoring the control operating account during an interim period prior to the distribution to determine for each of a plurality of the clients whether the funds held in the control operating account by that client exceeds a predetermined amount; (b) reallocating, for at least one of the clients that has been determined to have an amount of funds that exceed the predetermined amount in the control operating account, the amount of the funds listed in an electronic database for the one client in the control operating account by at least a second amount to reduce the funds held in the control operating account by the one client to at or below the predetermined amount; (c) allocating at least funds equal to or in excess of the second amount from the one or more destination aggregated accounts of the respective different deposit institutions to or among one or more eligible clients in the control operating account; and (d) distributing or having distributed to the one or more destination aggregated accounts in the different deposit institutions the funds in the control operating account.

Claims

1. A method for interim allocation of excess funds in a control operating account in an intermediary bank prior to actual distribution to one or more of a plurality of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-insured and interest-bearing destination aggregated accounts held among a plurality of deposit institutions, comprising:

(A) accessing, by one or more computers, one or more electronic databases comprising;

(1) aggregated account information for a plurality of the FDIC-insured and interest-bearing destination aggregated accounts held in the deposit institutions, wherein funds from client transaction accounts of a plurality of clients are aggregated with funds of other client transaction accounts in the destination aggregated accounts held in the deposit institutions, wherein each of the respective deposit institutions holds one or more of the destination aggregated accounts;

(2) client transaction account information for each of the respective client transaction accounts comprising;

(i) a respective client asset balance in the respective client transaction account;

(ii) transaction data for the respective client transaction account; and

(iii) a respective balance of funds from the respective client transaction account held in each of one or more of the destination aggregated accounts holding funds of the respective client transaction account and attributed to the respective client transaction account; and

(3) information on a respective amount of funds held in the control operating account at the intermediary bank for each of a plurality of respective client transaction accounts;

(B) obtaining, by one or more computers, transaction data for clients'"'"' deposits/transfers to and withdrawals/transfers from a plurality of said client transaction accounts, said transaction data comprising transaction data for one or more deposits/transfers for one or more client transaction accounts and/or transaction data for one or more withdrawals/transfers from one or more of said client transaction accounts, with the transaction data comprising a respective amount for each respective deposit/transfer and each respective withdrawal/transfer;

(C) obtaining, by the one or more computers, an aggregated transaction amount based on a total net transaction from the transaction data for a plurality of the client transaction accounts;

(D) having received in the control operating account funds from one or more of the deposits/transfers of the plurality of said client transaction accounts;

(E) monitoring, by the one or more computers, the control operating account during an interim period prior to distribution of one or more fund amounts to or among the one or more destination aggregated accounts in their respective deposit institutions, the monitoring comprising determining, for each of a plurality of the client transaction accounts, whether the respective amount of funds held in the control operating account for one or more of the deposits/transfers of the respective client transaction account exceeds a predetermined amount;

(F) determining, by the one or more computers, or having determined by one or more computers, at least one eligible client transaction account that has funds in one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions and that can have funds allocated to the at least one eligible client transaction account in the control operating account in the intermediary bank on an interim basis while maintaining insurance eligibility;

(G) changing an attribution, by the one or more computers, or having changed an attribution, by one or more computers, in the one or more electronic databases, of a first amount of funds of one of the client transaction accounts having funds in the control operating account in the intermediary bank that exceeds the predetermined amount, to the at least one eligible client transaction account, prior to the distribution of the amounts of funds to one or more of the destination aggregated accounts, on at least an interim basis in the one or more electronic databases;

(H) changing an attribution, by the one or more computers, or having changed an attribution, by one or more computers, in the one or more electronic databases, of at least a second amount of funds in one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the different deposit institutions, to the one client transaction account with the excess amount in the control operating account, in order to reduce the amount of funds listed in the one or more electronic databases for the one client transaction account in the control operating account; and

(I) updating based on the attribution changes of steps (G) and (H), by the one or more computers, one or more of the electronic databases with data for each of a plurality of the client transaction accounts, with updated data for each of the client transaction accounts comprising a respective balance of funds of the respective client transaction account held in each of one or more of the deposit institutions holding funds of the respective client transaction account and in the control operating account;

(J) allocating, by the one or more computers, the aggregated transaction amount to one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions;

(K) generating an instruction to have distributed to one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions the aggregated transaction amount in accordance with the allocating step.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring is performed on at least an hourly basis.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step determines a plurality of eligible other client transaction accounts.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribution step (E) changes the attribution of funds in a plurality of the destination aggregated accounts.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining or having determined the at least one eligible client transaction account based on funds the client transaction account has in the one or more destination aggregated accounts in the different deposit institutions and based on whether that client transaction account can have funds allocated thereto in the control operating account in the intermediary bank on an interim basis while maintaining insurance eligibility.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein the information in the one or more databases on a respective amount of funds held in the control operating account at the intermediary bank for each of a plurality of respective client transaction accounts includes information that a plurality of the client transaction accounts are accounts of at least one financial entity;

and

wherein the determining step (F) determines, for the client transaction account that exceeds the predetermined amount and that is an account of the at least one financial entity, the at least one eligible client transaction account from the same financial entity.

7. A system for interim allocation of excess funds in a control operating account in an intermediary bank prior to actual distribution to one or more of a plurality of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-insured and interest-bearing destination aggregated accounts held among a plurality of deposit institutions, comprising:

one or more computer configured with the following components;

(A) a component for accessing one or more electronic databases comprising;

(1) aggregated account information for a plurality of the FDIC-insured and interest-bearing destination aggregated accounts held in the deposit institutions, wherein funds from client transaction accounts of a plurality of clients are aggregated with funds of other client transaction accounts in the destination aggregated accounts held in the deposit institutions, wherein each of the respective deposit institutions holds one or more of the destination aggregated accounts;

(2) client transaction account information for each of the respective client transaction accounts comprising;

(i) a respective client asset balance in the respective client transaction account;

(ii) transaction data for the respective client transaction account; and

(iii) a respective balance of funds from the respective client transaction account held in each of one or more of the destination aggregated accounts holding funds of the respective client transaction account and attributed to the respective client transaction account; and

(3) information on a respective amount of funds held in the control operating account at the intermediary bank for each of a plurality of respective client transaction accounts;

(B) a component for obtaining transaction data for clients'"'"' deposits/transfers to and withdrawals/transfers from a plurality of said client transaction accounts, said transaction data comprising transaction data for one or more deposits/transfers for one or more client transaction accounts and/or transaction data for one or more withdrawals/transfers from one or more of said client transaction accounts, with the transaction data comprising a respective amount for each respective deposit/transfer and each respective withdrawal/transfer;

(C) a component for obtaining an aggregated transaction amount based on a total net transaction from the transaction data for a plurality of the client transaction accounts;

(D) a component for authorizing receipt in the control operating account funds from one or more of the deposits/transfers of the plurality of said client transaction accounts;

(E) a component for monitoring the control operating account during an interim period prior to distribution of one or more fund amounts to or among the one or more destination aggregated accounts in their respective deposit institutions, the monitoring comprising determining, for each of a plurality of the client transaction accounts, whether the respective amount of funds held in the control operating account for one or more deposits/transfers of the respective client transaction account exceeds a predetermined amount;

(F) a component for determining or having determined at least one eligible client transaction account that has funds in one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions and that can have funds allocated to the at least one eligible client transaction account in the control operating account in the intermediary bank on an interim basis while maintaining insurance eligibility;

(G) a component for changing or having changed an attribution in the one or more electronic databases a first amount of funds of one of the client transaction accounts having funds in the control operating account in the intermediary bank that exceeds the predetermined amount, to the at least one eligible client transaction account, prior to the distribution of the amounts of funds to one or more of the destination aggregated accounts, on at least an interim basis in the one or more electronic databases;

(H) a component for changing or having changed an attribution in the one or more electronic databases of at least a second amount of funds in one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions, to the one client transaction account with the excess amount in the control operating account, in order to reduce the amount of funds listed in the one or more electronic databases for the one client transaction account in the control operating account; and

(I) a component for updating based on the attribution changes of operations (G) and (H) one or more of the electronic databases with data for each of a plurality of the client transaction accounts, with updated data for each of the client transaction accounts comprising a respective balance of funds of the respective client transaction account held in each of one or more of the deposit institutions holding funds of the respective client transaction account and in the control operating account;

(J) a component for allocating the aggregated transaction amount to one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions;

(K) a component for generating an instruction to have distributed to one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions the aggregated transaction amount in accordance with the allocating step.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the component for monitoring is programmed to monitor on at least an hourly basis.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the component for determining other eligible client transaction accounts is programmed to determine a plurality of eligible other client transaction accounts.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the component for changing the attribution (E) changes the attribution of funds in a plurality of the destination aggregated accounts.

11. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a component for determining or having determined the at least one eligible client transaction account based on funds the client transaction account has in the one or more destination aggregated accounts in the different deposit institutions and based on whether that client transaction account can have funds allocated thereto in the control operating account in the intermediary bank on an interim basis while maintaining insurance eligibility.

12. The system of claim 7,

wherein the information in the one or more databases on a respective amount of funds held in the control operating account at the intermediary bank for each of a plurality of respective client transaction accounts includes information that a plurality of the client transaction accounts are accounts of at least one financial entity;

and

wherein the component for determining (F) determines, for the client transaction account that exceeds the predetermined amount and that is an account of the at least one financial entity, the at least one eligible client transaction account from the same financial entity.

13. A program product for interim allocation of excess funds in a control operating account in an intermediary bank prior to actual distribution to one or more of a plurality of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-insured and interest-bearing destination aggregated accounts held among a plurality of deposit institutions, comprising:

one or more computer-readable media having computer readable program code embodied therein or among them if more than one, to be executed by a computer, the computer readable program code comprising;

(A) program code for accessing one or more electronic databases comprising;

(1) aggregated account information for a plurality of the FDIC-insured and interest-bearing destination aggregated accounts held in the deposit institutions, wherein funds from client transaction accounts of a plurality of clients are aggregated with funds of other client transaction accounts in the destination aggregated accounts held in the deposit institutions, wherein each of the respective deposit institutions holds one or more of the destination aggregated accounts;

(2) client transaction account information for each of the respective client transaction accounts comprising;

(i) a respective client asset balance in the respective client transaction account;

(ii) transaction data for the respective client transaction account; and

(iii) a respective balance of funds from the respective client transaction account held in each of one or more of the destination aggregated accounts holding funds of the respective client transaction account and attributed to the respective client transaction account; and

(3) information on a respective amount of funds held in the control operating account at the intermediary bank for each of a plurality of respective client transaction accounts;

(B) program code for obtaining transaction data for clients'"'"' deposits/transfers to and withdrawals/transfers from a plurality of said client transaction accounts, said transaction data comprising transaction data for one or more deposits/transfers for one or more client transaction accounts and/or transaction data for one or more withdrawals/transfers from one or more of said client transaction accounts, with the transaction data comprising a respective amount for each respective deposit/transfer and each respective withdrawal/transfer;

(C) program code for obtaining an aggregated transaction amount based on a total net transaction from the transaction data for a plurality of the client transaction accounts;

(D) program code for authorizing receipt in the control operating account funds from one or more of the deposits/transfers of the plurality of said client transaction accounts;

(E) program code for monitoring the control operating account during an interim period prior to distribution of one or more fund amounts to or among the one or more destination aggregated accounts in their respective deposit institutions, the monitoring comprising determining, for each of a plurality of the client transaction accounts, whether the respective amount of funds held in the control operating account for one or more deposits/transfers of the respective client transaction account exceeds a predetermined amount;

(F) program code for determining or having determined by one or more computers, at least one eligible client transaction account that has funds in one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions and that can have funds allocated to the at least one eligible client transaction account in the control operating account in the intermediary bank on an interim basis while maintaining insurance eligibility;

(G) program code for changing or having changed an attribution in the one or more electronic databases a first amount of funds of one of the client transaction accounts having funds in the control operating account in the intermediary bank that exceeds the predetermined amount, to the at least one eligible client transaction account, prior to the distribution of the amounts of funds to one or more of the destination aggregated accounts, on at least an interim basis in the one or more electronic databases;

(H) program code for changing or having changed an attribution in the one or more electronic databases at least a second amount of funds in one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the different deposit institutions, to the one client transaction account with the excess amount in the control operating account, in order to reduce the amount of funds listed in the one or more electronic databases for the one client transaction account in the control operating account; and

(I) program code for updating based on the attribution changes of steps (G) and (H) one or more of the electronic databases with data for each of a plurality of the client transaction accounts, with the data for each of the client transaction accounts comprising a respective balance of funds of the respective client transaction account held in each of one or more of the deposit institutions holding funds of the respective client transaction account as well as in the control operating account;

(J) program code for allocating the aggregated transaction amount to one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions;

(K) program code for generating an instruction to have distributed to one or more of the destination aggregated accounts in one or more of the deposit institutions the aggregated transaction amount in accordance with the allocating step.

14. The program product of claim 13, wherein the program code for monitoring is designed to perform monitoring on at least an hourly basis.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the program code for determining at least one eligible other client transaction account is designed to cause a determination of a plurality of eligible other client transaction accounts.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the program code for changing the attribution (E) changes the attribution of funds in a plurality of the destination aggregated accounts.

17. The program product of claim 13, further comprising:

program code for determining or having determined the at least one eligible client transaction account based on funds the client transaction account has in the one or more destination aggregated accounts in the different deposit institutions and based on whether that client transaction account can have funds allocated thereto in the control operating account in the intermediary bank on an interim basis while maintaining insurance eligibility.

18. The program product of claim 13,

wherein the information in the one or more databases on a respective amount of funds held in the control operating account at the intermediary bank for each of a plurality of respective client transaction accounts includes information that a plurality of the client transaction accounts are accounts of at least one financial entity;

and

wherein the program code for determining (F) determines, for the client transaction account that exceeds the predetermined amount and that is an account of the at least one financial entity, the at least one eligible client transaction account from the same financial entity.