Offsite financial account onboarding

• US 8,341,080 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2011
• Issued: 12/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Original Assignee: Serve Virtual Enterprises Incorporated
• Inventors: Johns, Nicholas P., Hogg, Jason J., Moreira, Cory
• Primary Examiner(s): Poinvil, Frantzy
• Application Number:
  US12/986,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20120179601A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: 705 10- 44
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

Offsite financial account onboarding is provided which creates a more streamlined process for a customer. The customer accesses a money services business business electronic system to request financial account setup. The onboarding system establishes account access to a pooled custodial account managed by the money services business business based on preliminary identification (ID) data from the customer. With only preliminary ID data, account access limits are assigned which reduces the risk of fraud or criminal activity with the customer'"'"'s account access. Because account access is established with just the preliminary ID data, the customer may fully obtain account access directly from a mobile device. The money services business business provides additional graduated access levels depending on additional ID data provided by the customer. Thus, depending on the type of ID data provided by the customer, the customer'"'"'s account access will have corresponding access level rights to the custodial account.

Claims

1. A method to open financial account access from a mobile device, comprising:

transmitting, by the mobile device, a request to a money services business to open a financial account;

displaying, by the mobile device, a prompt from said money services business for preliminary identification (ID) data;

transmitting, by the mobile device, said preliminary ID data entered by a customer at said mobile device;

in response to said transmitting said preliminary ID data, receiving, by the mobile device, an acknowledgement from said money services business after transmission of said preliminary ID data that financial account access has been established with said money services business;

receiving, by the mobile device, from said money services business, account access limits wherein said account access limits correspond to said preliminary ID data;

transmitting, by the mobile device, a monetary transfer request from said customer to a third party;

receiving, by the mobile device, an additional prompt from said money services business requesting payment account information from said customer, said additional prompt received when said monetary transfer request exceeds said account access limits;

transmitting, by the mobile device, said payment account information from said customer to said money services business; and

receiving, by the mobile device, an acknowledgement from said money services business that said monetary transfer request was completed using said payment account information.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

transmitting a financial service request to said money services business;

receiving an additional prompt from said money services business requesting additional ID data from said customer, said additional prompt received when said financial service request exceeds said access limits;

transmitting said additional ID data from said customer to said money services business; and

receiving an acknowledgement from said money services business that said financial service request was completed, said acknowledgement received when said additional ID data is sufficient to increase said access limits to a level in which said financial service request is allowed.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon that, in response to execution by a money services computer, cause the computer to be capable of performing operations comprising:

transmitting, by the computer, a request to a money services business to open a financial account;

displaying, by the computer, a prompt from said money services business for preliminary identification (ID) data;

transmitting, by the computer, said preliminary ID data entered by a customer at said computer;

in response to said transmitting said preliminary ID data, receiving, by the computer, an acknowledgement from said money services business after transmission of said preliminary ID data that financial account access has been established with said money services business;

receiving, by said computer, from said money services business, account access limits wherein said account access limits correspond to said preliminary ID data;

transmitting, by the computer, a monetary transfer request from said customer to a third party;

receiving, by the computer, an additional prompt from said money services business requesting payment account information from said customer, said additional prompt received when said monetary transfer request exceeds said account access limits;

transmitting said payment account information from said customer to said money services business; and

receiving, by the computer, an acknowledgement from said money services business that said monetary transfer request was completed using said payment account information.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 3, the operations further comprising:

transmitting a financial service request to said money services business;

receiving an additional prompt from said money services business requesting additional ID data from said customer, said additional prompt received when said financial service request exceeds said access limits;

transmitting said additional ID data from said customer to said money services business; and

receiving an acknowledgement from said money services business that said financial service request was completed, said acknowledgement received when said additional ID data is sufficient to increase said access limits to a level in which said financial service request is allowed.

5. A mobile device comprising:

at least one mobile device processor;

a memory coupled to said at least one processor; and

the memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to he capable of performing operations comprising;

transmitting, by the mobile device, a request to a money services business to open a financial account;

displaying, by the mobile device, a prompt from said money services business for preliminary identification (ID) data;

transmitting, by the mobile device, said preliminary ID) data entered by a customer at the mobile device;

in response to said transmitting said preliminary ID data, receiving by the mobile device, an acknowledgement from said money services business after transmission of said preliminary ID data that financial account access has been established with said money services business;

receiving, by the mobile device, from said money services business, account access limits wherein said account access limits correspond to said preliminary ID data;

transmitting, by the mobile device, a monetary transfer request from said customer to a third party;

receiving, by the mobile device, an additional prompt from said money services business requesting payment account information from said customer, said additional prompt received when said monetary transfer request exceeds said account access limits;

transmitting, by the mobile device, said payment account information from said customer to said money services business; and

receiving, by the mobile device, an acknowledgement from said money services business that said monetary transfer request was completed using said payment account information.

6. The mobile device of claim 5, the operations further comprising:

transmitting, a financial service request to said money services business;

receiving an additional prompt from said money services business requesting additional ID data from said customer, said additional prompt received when said financial service request exceeds said access limits;

transmitting said additional ID data from said customer to said money services business; and

receiving an acknowledgement from said money services business that said financial service request was completed, said acknowledgement received when said additional ID data is sufficient to increase said access limits to a level in which said financial service request is allowed.

7. A method comprising:

receiving, by a money services computer and from a mobile device, a request to open a financial account;

in response to said request sending, by said computer, a prompt for preliminary identification (ID) data to said mobile device, wherein said mobile device displays said prompt to a customer;

receiving, by said computer and from said mobile device, said preliminary ID data, wherein said preliminary data is entered by a customer at said mobile device;

in response to said receiving said preliminary ID data, creating a financial account based upon said preliminary ID data and establishing financial account access to said account;

transmitting, by said computer and to said mobile device, an acknowledgement that financial account access has been established with a money services business;

transmitting, by said computer and to said mobile device, said account access limits;

determining, by said computer, that a monetary transfer request received from a third party exceeds said account access limits, wherein the third party receives said monetary transfer request from said mobile device;

in response to said determining, sending, by said computer and to said mobile device, an additional prompt requesting payment account information from said customer;

receiving by said computer and from said mobile device, said payment account information; and

sending, by said computer and to said mobile device, an acknowledgement that said monetary transfer request was completed using said payment account information.