System and method for remote deposit capture

• US 7,882,003 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2010
• Issued: 02/01/2011
• 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:
  US12/757,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20100262522A1
• Time in Patent Office: 298 Days
• Field of Search: 235/379, 235/381, 273/256, 283/58, 358/1.18, 353/122, 356/71, 463/25, 705 30- 45, 717/106
• 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 computer system, comprising:

a communication support system linked to a multi-node network wherein plural nodes within the linked network include remote capture workstations, said workstations programmed to scan checks and transmit a digital file comprising information regarding said scanned checks, including an amount of said check; and

a treasury receipt server, connected to said communication support system and programmed to collect and store transmitted digital check files and further to process said check files;

wherein said processing of said check files comprises cash forecasting in order to reduce the delay in availability of the funds associated with said check files to an investment portfolio or account.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more said check files are used to feed cash management or investment activities.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said processing further comprises feeding cash management or investment activities based on allocations of the funds associated with said check files, to one or more cash management or investment accounts.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the allocation of said funds associated with said check files includes only the funds of the check files that are forecasted to become available.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the allocations are based on predetermined ratios.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the allocations are based on the balance ratios of the accounts to be fed.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein said funds of the check files that are forecasted to become available are transferred to said cash management or investment accounts, based on said allocations, immediately or soon after said forecasted funds become available.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of said check files are transmitted to a system used for one or more of the following:

accounts receivable, general ledger, archival, customer service, call center support, administrative ledger, and bank reconciliation.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of said check files are used to determine treasury best availability for check clearing.

10. A method, comprising:

transmitting, via a communication support system linked to a multi-node network, one or more digital check files captured from one or more remote capture workstations, said workstations programmed to scan checks and transmit said digital check file comprising information regarding said scanned checks, including an amount;

receiving, via one or more treasury receipt servers connected to said communication support system, one or more said check files;

storing, via said one or more treasury receipt servers, said one or more check files; and

processing, via said one or more treasury receipt server, said one or more said check files, said processing comprising cash forecasting in order to reduce the delay in availability of the funds associated with said check files to an investment portfolio or account.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said processing further comprises allocating the funds associated with said check files to one or more cash management or investment accounts.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising feeding one or more of said check files into cash management or investment activities.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said processing further comprises feeding cash management or investment activities based on said allocations to one or more cash management or investment accounts.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the allocation of said funds associated with said check files includes only the funds of the check files that are forecasted to become available.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the allocations are based on predetermined ratios.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the allocations are based on the balance ratios of the accounts to be fed.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising transferring said funds of the check files that are forecasted to become available to said cash management or investment accounts, based on said allocations, immediately or soon after said forecasted funds become available.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting one or more of said check files to a system used for one or more of the following:

accounts receivable, general ledger, archival, customer service, call center support, administrative ledger, and bank reconciliation.

19. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining treasury best availability for check clearing, based on one or more said check files.