System and method for remote deposit capture

• US 7,720,735 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2007
• Issued: 05/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife Incorporated)
• Inventors: McDonald, Ana, Weitman, Cheryl, Savage, Jacquelene, Anderson, Don
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung; Mary
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Tien C
• Application Number:
  US11/979,471
• Publication Number:
  US 20080262953A1
• Time in Patent Office: 928 Days
• Field of Search: 194/216, 209/539, 235/379, 705 1- 45, 705/64, 705/75, 221/123, 340/10.3, 342/173, 356/71, 358/442
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/042 characterized in that the payment protocol involves at least one cheque
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0425 the cheque being electronic only
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

A system includes one or more remote check deposit locations, and one or more treasury receipt servers to receive check information captured from the one or more remote check deposit locations, and to receive transaction data from an originating depository financial institution (ODFI), the transaction data including an amount of funds available from clearing the captured check information.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more remote check deposit locations comprising a processor for scanning checks and creating an electronic record stored in a database based on said scanned checks, where said electronic record includes an amount and check information;

one or more treasury receipt servers to receive check information captured from the one or more remote check deposit locations, and to receive transaction data from an originating depository financial institution (ODFI), the transaction data including an amount of funds available from clearing the captured check information;

wherein the captured check information comprises digitized data element of check number, routing number and account number and is directly received from the one or more remote check deposit locations; and

wherein the captured check information is transmitted to ODFI once a day, at designated time of the day, or in near real-time.

2. The system of claim 1 further including a treasury receipt station to forecast cash availability from the captured check information.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the treasury receipt station allocates the forecasted cash availability to one or more investment portfolio accounts.

4. The system of claim 1 further including an electronic check waiting room to store cheeks to be claims.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the electronic. check waiting room includes notifications sent to authorized users to visit the electronic check waiting room to claim the stored checks.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more treasury receipt servers transmit the captured check information to the ODFI.

7. The system of claim 6, therein the captured check information is transmitted to ODFI once a day, at designated times of the day, or in near real-time.

8. The system of claim 1, further including a business rules engine to select the ODFI for transmitting the capture check information thereto.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, via one or more treasury receipt servers, check information captured from one or more remote check deposit locations wherein said check information is scanned and locally stored in a database at said captured location, and a business rule is used to select the originating depository financial institution (ODFI) for transmitting the capture check information thereto; and

receiving, via the one or more treasury receipt servers, transaction data from an originating depository financial institution (ODFI), the transaction data including an amount of funds available from clearing the captured check information.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the captured check information is directly received from the one or more remote check deposit locations.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the captured check information is received from the ODFI.

12. The method of claim 9 further including the step of forecasting via a treasury receipt station, cash availability from the captured check information.

13. The method of claim 12 further including the step of allocating, via the treasury receipt station, the forecasted cash availability to one or more investment portfolio accounts.

14. The method of claim 9 further including the step of storing checks in an electronic check waiting room to be claimed.

15. The method of claim 14 further including the step of sending notifications to authorized users to visit the electronic check waiting room to claim the stored checks.

16. The method of claim 9 further including the step of transmitting, via the one or more treasury receipt servers, the captured check information to the ODFI.

17. The method claim 16, therein the captured check information is transmitted to the ODEI once a day, at designated times of thy day, or in a near real-time.

18. The system of claim 9 further including the step of selecting, via a business rules engine, the ODFI for transmitting the capture check information thereto.