System and method for an exchange of financial instruments

• US 8,280,800 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2010
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Credigy Technologies Inc. (National Bank of Canada)
• Original Assignee: Credigy Technologies Inc. (National Bank of Canada)
• Inventors: Samsky, Brett M., Williams, Jason S., Stewart, Steve, Eriksson, Malin
• Primary Examiner(s): Havan, Thu Thao
• Application Number:
  US12/718,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20100161475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• Field of Search: 705 37- 40
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

Provided is a method and system for an online marketplace for the buying, selling and Servicing of financial instruments, such as accounts receivable, where the online marketplace receives and analyzes Account data from a Reporting Agency Database, such as a Consumer Reporting Agency Database. The online marketplace may include a plurality of business logic Components, including an Analysis Component, an Inventory Management Component, an Offer Component, a Transaction Component, a Post-Transaction Component, a Receivables Management Knowledge Base and a Servicing Component. The Receivables Management Knowledge Base applies industry rules and regulations to the data. Users of the online marketplace may be Account Owners, Buyers, sellers, Servicers and the like. Users flag Accounts in the Consumer Reporting Agency database to be placed for sale on the online marketplace. Users may also define Selection Criteria for automatic buying, automatic selling, alerts or other such business rules.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an account database comprising account data associated with one or more accounts, each of the one or more accounts representing an account receivable; and

a processor functionally coupled to the account database, wherein said processor is configured

to receive selection criteria,

to search said account database for one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria,

provide a summary of any of said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria, wherein said summary includes a balance of the account but does not personally identify said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria

to receive an offer from a buyer for at least one of the said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria; and

to accept automatically the offer in response to the offer fulfilling a term of a commitment for the at least one of the said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria, the term of the commitment comprising a fixed price upon which a seller automatically accepts the offer.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to reject automatically the offer in response to the offer including a purchase price that is at most a calculated threshold price, the predetermined threshold price being calculated based on recent transactions.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to:

receive payment from the buyer for an accepted offer; and

transfer ownership of said at least one of the said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria from a seller to the buyer.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the account data is not personally-identifiable account data.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a credit reporting agency database, said credit reporting agency database comprising personally-identifiable account data, wherein said processor is configured to transfer account data from said credit reporting agency database to said account database.

16. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to enable settlement of the purchase price.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the term of the commitment further comprises a minimum time an account is available for purchase, and a maximum price upon which a seller refuses to accept the offer.

6. A method, comprising:

receiving selection criteria for an account;

searching, by a computer, an account database for one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria, wherein said account database comprises account data associated with one or more accounts, each of the one or more accounts representing an account receivable;

receiving an offer from a buyer for at least one of said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria; and

accepting automatically the offer in response to the offer fulfilling a term of a commitment for the at least one of said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria, the term of the commitment comprising a fixed price upon which a seller automatically accepts the offer.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising rejecting automatically the offer in response to the offer including a purchase price being at most a predetermined threshold price.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving payment from the buyer for an accepted offer; and

transferring ownership, by the computer, of said at least one of the said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria from a seller to the buyer.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the account data is not personally-identifiable.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein said account data is transferred to the account database from a credit reporting agency database, said credit reporting agency database comprising personally-identifiable account data.

17. The method of claim 6, further comprising settling the purchase price.

11. A non-transitory computer program product comprising computer executable code sections, said computer executable code sections for performing the steps of:

receiving selection criteria for an account;

searching an account database for one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria, wherein said account database comprises account data associated with one or more accounts, each said account representing an account receivable;

receiving an offer from a buyer for at least one of said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria; and

accepting automatically the offer in response to the offer fulfilling a term of a commitment for the at least one of said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria, the term of the commitment comprising a fixed price upon which a seller automatically accepts the offer.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising computer executable code sections for performing the steps of rejecting automatically the offer in response to the offer including a purchase price being at most a predetermined threshold price.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising computer executable code sections for performing the steps of:

receiving payment from the buyer for an accepted offer; and

transferring ownership of said at least one of the said one or more accounts having account data that satisfies at least a portion of said selection criteria from a seller to the buyer.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the account data is not personally-identifiable.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein said account data is transferred to the account database from a credit reporting agency database, said credit reporting agency database comprising personally-identifiable account data.

18. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising computer executable code sections for performing the steps of settling the purchase price.