Prediction of future funds positions

• US 8,341,077 B1
• Filed: 10/31/2008
• Issued: 12/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Nichols, Michelle, Atwood, Todd, Heddleson, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Hamilton, Lalita M
• Application Number:
  US12/263,115
• Time in Patent Office: 1,516 Days
• Field of Search: 705/35, 705/39
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/405 Establishing or using transaction specific rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1481 with optical detection
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2402 Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting mechanical aspects of the tags, e.g. related to locking E05B73/0017; RFID readers G06K7/00; RFID tags G06K19/00; access control systems G07C9/00; anti-theft control in point of sale systems G07G3/003; security seals G09F3/03

Abstract

A method for predicting client funds positions includes predicting an expected future change in funds for a selected party, and creating a funds estimate for the selected party at a specified time. The predicted future change in funds is based on a transaction history of the selected party, and the calculation is based on the expected future change in funds. The change in funds can be a deposit or withdrawal. Such deposits or withdrawals can be in the form of monetary packages, which enables incorporation of monetary package tracking features into the method.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

tracking a physical position, in a cash supply chain, of a monetary package of a selected party, using a computing device, the monetary package containing one or more physical monetary items;

predicting, using the computing device, based on a transaction history of a selected party, an expected future change in funds for the selected party;

creating a funds estimate for the selected party at a specified time, based on the physical position of the monetary package in the cash supply chain and the expected future change in funds, using the computing device; and

storing the funds estimate in an electronic medium associated with the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the funds estimate is further based on deposits and withdrawals scheduled to be made in the future on behalf of the selected party.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising making the funds estimate available to the selected party.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the expected future change in funds comprises unscheduled deposits and withdrawals expected to be made in the future on behalf of the selected party, based on the transaction history of the selected party.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

taking an action in furtherance of a financial transaction involving the selected party, based on the funds estimate.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the funds estimate comprises expected positions of funds of the selected party throughout the cash supply chain.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the expected future change in funds comprises an expected future deposit, and wherein the funds estimate further comprises an expected physical position of the expected future deposit in the cash supply chain.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the funds estimate is further based on funds of the selected party received into the cash supply chain in the form of a plurality of monetary packages each containing one or more physical monetary items, the method further comprising:

tracking a physical position of each of the plurality of monetary packages in the cash supply chain, wherein the funds estimate comprises the physical positions of the monetary packages in the cash supply chain.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the expected future change in funds comprises an additional monetary package expected to be received, the additional monetary package containing one or more physical monetary items, and wherein the funds estimate further comprises an expected physical position of the additional monetary package in the cash supply chain.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions configured to cause a computing device to perform:

tracking a physical position, in a cash supply chain, of a monetary package of a selected party, the monetary package containing one or more physical monetary items;

predicting, based on a transaction history of a selected party, an expected future change in funds for the selected party;

creating a funds estimate for the selected party at a specified time, based on the physical position of the monetary package in the cash supply chain and the expected future change in funds; and

storing the funds estimate in an electronic medium associated with the computing device.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the funds estimate is further based on deposits and withdrawals scheduled to be made in the future on behalf of the selected party.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the expected future change in funds comprises unscheduled deposits and withdrawals expected to be made in the future on behalf of the selected party, based on the transaction history of the selected party.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the funds estimate comprises expected positions of funds of the selected party throughout the cash supply chain.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the expected future change in funds comprises an expected future deposit, and wherein the funds estimate further comprises an expected physical position of the expected future deposit in the cash supply chain.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the funds estimate is further based on funds of the selected party received into the cash supply chain in the form of a plurality of monetary packages each containing one or more physical monetary items, and the instructions are further configured to cause the computing device to perform:

tracking a physical position of each of the plurality of monetary packages in the cash supply chain, wherein the funds estimate comprises the physical positions of the monetary packages in the cash supply chain.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the expected future change in funds comprises an additional monetary package expected to be received, the additional monetary package containing one or more physical monetary items, and wherein the funds estimate further comprises an expected physical position of the additional monetary package in the cash supply chain.

17. A method comprising:

creating a funds estimate for a selected party at a specified time, using a computing device, based on current actual funds for the selected party, a scheduled future change in funds for the selected party, and a predicted future change in funds for the selected party, wherein the predicted future change is not scheduled and is predicted based on a transaction history of the selected party;

storing the funds estimate in memory associated with the computing device; and

taking an action in furtherance of a financial transaction involving the selected party, based on the funds estimate, including making the funds estimate available to the selected party,

wherein the funds estimate is further based on funds of the selected patty received into a cash supply chain in the form of a plurality of monetary packages, each containing one or more physical monetary items, the method further comprising;

tracking a physical position of each of the plurality of monetary packages in the cash supply chain, wherein the funds estimate comprises the physical positions of the monetary packages in the cash supply chain.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein taking the action in furtherance of the financial transaction comprises extending a line of credit based on the funds estimate.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein taking the action in furtherance of the financial transaction comprises filling a change order for the selected party based on the funds estimate.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the predicted future change in funds comprises an expected future deposit, and wherein the funds estimate further comprises an expected physical position of the expected future deposit in the cash supply chain.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein the funds estimate comprises expected physical positions of funds of the selected party throughout a cash supply chain.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the predicted future change in funds comprises an additional monetary package expected to be received, the additional monetary package contain in one or more physical monetary items, and wherein the funds estimate further comprises an expected physical position of the additional monetary package in the cash supply chain.

23. A method comprising:

tracking a physical position, in a cash supply chain, of a monetary package of a selected party, using a computing device, the monetary package containing one or more physical monetary items;

predicting, using the computing device, based on a transaction history of the selected party, an expected physical position at a specified time for an unscheduled additional monetary package expected to be received into the cash supply chain from the selected party, the additional monetary package containing one or more physical monetary items;

creating a funds estimate for the selected party, using the computing device, the funds estimate comprising the physical position of the monetary package at the specified time and the expected physical position for the additional monetary package at the specified time; and

storing the funds estimate in memory associated with the computing device.

24. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

predicting, based on the history of the selected party, an expected physical position at the specified time for a scheduled monetary package scheduled to be received into the cash supply chain from the selected party, the scheduled monetary package containing one or more physical monetary items, wherein the funds estimate further comprises the expected physical position for the scheduled monetary package at the specified time.

25. The method of claim 23, further comprising:

taking an action in furtherance of a financial transaction involving the selected party, based on the funds estimate.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein the physical position of the monetary package is tracked using at least one tracking device selected from a group consisting of:

RFID tags, bar codes, and internal system transaction codes.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein the physical positions of the monetary packages are tracked by at least one transporter physically transferring the monetary packages between two points on the cash supply chain.