Systems and methods for providing enhanced account management services for multiple banks

• US 8,401,962 B1
• Filed: 05/08/2009
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Island Intellectual Property LLC (Double Rock Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Island Intellectual Property LLC (Double Rock Corporation)
• Inventors: Bent, Bruce, Bent, Bruce II
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Jagdish
• Application Number:
  US12/453,390
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: 705/35, 705/39
• 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 40/00 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 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof

Abstract

A deposit interchange system, method and program product for managing deposits and withdrawals among a plurality of financial institutions participating in a program, the system comprising: electronic databases, storing aggregated transaction account information; and client transaction account information for the respective client transaction accounts; computers with instructions: (a) receiving respective excess amount data, (b) allocating excess amounts between the financial institutions, comprising: (1) determining a respective primary client transaction account sum for the financial institutions; (2) comparing the primary client transaction account sum for the respective financial institution to fund balance in aggregated accounts of the financial institution to determine a surplus or a deficit for the financial institution; (3) allocating funds among the aggregated accounts in financial institutions to bring the balance of funds in the aggregated accounts in the financial institution into substantial equality with their respective primary client transaction account sum.

Claims

1. A deposit interchange system, comprising:

one or more electronic databases, stored on one or more computer-readable media, comprising;

(a) aggregated deposit account information for a plurality of respective government-backed insured and interest-bearing aggregated deposit accounts held in a plurality of the respective financial institutions participating in a program, with the aggregated deposit accounts providing non-penalized liquidity for the funds held therein, the aggregated deposit account information comprising;

(1) a respective balance of funds held in the respective aggregated deposit accounts; and

(2) for each of multiple of the financial institutions, a first amount of funds comprising a total balance of source funds from the respective financial institution held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts in the other financial institutions in the program, the source funds of a respective one of the financial institutions comprising funds where the respective financial institution is a source of the funds into the program;

(b) client account information for a plurality of client accounts, the client account information for a respective one of the client accounts comprising a balance of client account funds held in each of one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account; and

one or more computers operably connected to the one or more databases, the one or more computers comprising memory, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to perform the steps;

accessing data from the one or more databases, using the one or more computers, for a first amount of funds sourced to the program from a respective one of the financial institutions and held in one or more other of the financial institutions in one or more aggregated accounts therein;

allocating, using the one or more computers, a second amount of funds to the respective one financial institution based, at least in part, on the first amount of the funds sourced to the program from the respective one financial institution and held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts in the one or more other of the financial institutions;

generating and outputting data, using the one or more computers, for non-penalized deposit of funds into and/or withdrawal of funds from one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts based at least in part on a result of the allocating step; and

updating or having updated the balance of funds held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts based at least in part on the deposit and/or withdrawal of funds from one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts, and updating for each of multiple of the client accounts the balance of client account funds held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account in the one or more electronic databases to reflect the allocation of funds.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to perform the steps:

determining, using the one or more computers, a respective surplus or a respective deficit for multiple of the financial institutions based, at least in part, on the first amount of funds sourced to the program from the respective financial institution and held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts in one or more other of the financial institutions as compared to an amount of funds held in the one or more aggregated deposit accounts of the respective financial institution;

selecting one of the other financial institutions for allocation based at least in part on the respective surplus or the respective deficit for the respective financial institution; and

making electronically accessible data for issuing at least one instruction to transfer funds to or from the selected one other financial institution from or to the one financial institution.

3. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to perform the steps:

receiving, via a telecommunications electronic network, electronic data designating a respective client'"'"'s one or more preferences for the respective client'"'"'s funds to be held in selected one or more of the financial institutions or exclusion of one or more of the financial institutions; and

allocating funds of the respective client to one or more of the plurality of aggregated deposit accounts in the plurality of financial institutions in dependence at least in part on the client'"'"'s one or more preferences and/or exclusions.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to perform the steps:

receiving, via an electronic telecommunications network, data describing debit and/or credit transactions made against respective client accounts;

determining or having determined or receiving electronically for each of more than one of the client accounts, an updated balance of client account funds held in each of one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account resulting at least in part from the debit and/or credit transactions associated with the respective client account; and

performing the allocating operation based at least in part on the updated balance of client account funds held in each of one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to allocate the second amount of funds to be equal to the first amount of funds.

6. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to allocate the second amount of funds to be less than the first amount of funds.

7. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to allocate the second amount of funds to be greater than the first amount of funds.

8. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to perform the steps:

determining, using the one or more computers, a respective surplus or a respective deficit for the respective one financial institution based, at least in part, on the first amount of funds sourced to the program from the respective one financial institution and held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts in the one or more other of the financial institutions as compared to an amount of funds held in the one or more aggregated deposit accounts of the respective one financial institution;

generating and outputting data, using the one or more computers, for non-penalized deposit of funds into and/or withdrawal of funds from one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts held in the respective one financial institution only if the respective surplus or the respective deficit for the respective one financial institution equals or exceeds a threshold amount.

17. The system as defined in claim 1, further comprising the one or more computers configured with computer-readable instructions to perform the step:

transferring or having transferred or arranging for transfer of funds to or from one or more of the respective aggregated deposit accounts in the respective financial institutions in the program in accordance with the data for the non-penalized deposit of funds and/or withdrawal of funds.

18. The system as defined in claim 17, further comprising the one or more computers configured with computer-readable instructions to perform the step:

processing, using the one or more computers, more than six (6) withdrawals and/or transfers from one or more of the client accounts during a month period.

9. A method, comprising:

accessing, using one or more computers, one or more electronic databases, stored on one or more computer-readable media, comprising;

(a) aggregated deposit account information for a plurality of respective government-backed insured and interest-bearing aggregated deposit accounts held in a plurality of the respective financial institutions participating in a program, with the aggregated deposit accounts providing non-penalized liquidity for the funds held therein, the aggregated deposit account information comprising;

(1) a respective balance of funds held in the respective aggregated deposit accounts; and

(2) for each of multiple of the financial institutions, a first amount of funds comprising a total balance of source funds from the respective financial institution held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts in the other financial institutions in the program, the source funds of a respective one of the financial institutions comprising funds where the respective financial institution is a source of the funds into the program; and

(b) client account information for a plurality of client accounts, the client account information for a respective one of the client accounts comprising a balance of client account funds held in each of one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account; and

accessing data from the one or more databases, using the one or more computers, for a first amount of funds sourced to the program from a respective one of the financial institutions and held in one or more other of the financial institutions in one or more aggregated accounts therein;

allocating, using the one or more computers, a second amount of funds to the respective one financial institution based, at least in part, on the first amount of the funds sourced to the program from the respective one financial institution and held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts in the one or more other of the financial institutions;

generating and outputting data, using the one or more computers, for non-penalized deposit of funds into and/or withdrawal of funds from one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts based at least in part on a result of the allocating step; and

updating or having updated the balance of funds held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts based at least in part on the deposit and/or withdrawal of funds from one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts, and updating for each of multiple of the client accounts the balance of client account funds held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account in the one or more electronic databases to reflect the allocation of funds.

10. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the second amount of funds equals the first amount of funds.

11. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the second amount of funds is less than the first amount of funds.

12. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein the second amount of funds is greater than the first amount of funds.

13. The method as defined in claim 9, further comprising:

determining, using the one or more computers, a respective surplus or a respective deficit for the respective one financial institution based, at least in part, on the first amount of funds sourced to the program from the respective one financial institution and held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts in the one or more other of the financial institutions as compared to an amount of funds held in the one or more aggregated deposit accounts of the respective one financial institution;

generating and outputting data, using the one or more computers, for non-penalized deposit of funds into and/or withdrawal of funds from one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts held in the respective one financial institution only if the respective surplus or the respective deficit for the respective one financial institution equals or exceeds a threshold amount.

19. The method as defined in claim 9, further comprising:

transferring or having transferred or arranging for transfer of funds to or from one or more of the respective aggregated deposit accounts in the respective financial institutions in the program in accordance with the data for the non-penalized deposit of funds and/or withdrawal of funds.

20. The method as defined in claim 19, further comprising:

processing, using the one or more computers, more than six (6) withdrawals and/or transfers from one or more of the client accounts during a month period.

14. A method, comprising:

accessing, using one or more computers, one or more electronic databases, stored on one or more computer-readable media, comprising;

(a) aggregated deposit account information for a plurality of respective FDIC-insured and interest-bearing aggregated deposit accounts held in a plurality of the respective financial institutions participating in a program, with the aggregated deposit accounts providing non-penalized liquidity for the funds held therein, the aggregated deposit account information comprising;

(1) a respective balance of funds held in the respective aggregated deposit accounts; and

(2) for each of multiple of the financial institutions, a first amount of funds comprising a total balance of source funds from the respective financial institution held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts in the other financial institutions in the program, the source funds of a respective one of the financial institutions comprising funds where the respective financial institution is a source of the funds into the program; and

(b) client account information for a plurality of client accounts, the client account information for a respective one of the client accounts comprising a balance of client account funds held in each of one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account; and

accessing data from the one or more databases, using the one or more computers, for a first amount of funds sourced to the program from a respective one of the financial institutions and held in one or more other of the financial institutions in one or more aggregated accounts therein;

allocating, using the one or more computers, a second amount of funds to the respective one financial institution based, at least in part, on the first amount of the funds sourced to the program from the respective one financial institution and held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts in the one or more other of the financial institutions;

generating and outputting data, using the one or more computers, for non-penalized deposit of funds into and/or withdrawal of funds from one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts based at least in part on a result of the allocating step; and

updating or having updated the balance of funds held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts based at least in part on the deposit and/or withdrawal of funds from one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts, and updating for each of multiple of client accounts the balance of client account funds held in one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account in the one or more electronic databases to reflect the allocation of funds.

15. The method as defined in claim 14, further comprising:

transferring or having transferred or arranging for transfer of funds to or from one or more of the respective aggregated deposit accounts in the respective financial institutions in the program in accordance with the data for the non-penalized deposit of funds and/or withdrawal of funds.

16. The method as defined in claim 15, further comprising:

processing, using the one or more computers, more than six (6) withdrawals and/or transfers from one or more of the client accounts during a month period.