Transfer account systems, computer program products, and associated computer-implemented methods
First Claim
1. A system to provide a plurality of prioritized payments directly from each of a plurality of automatic deposits prior to being made available to one or more destined recipients of each of the plurality of automatic deposits, the system comprising:
- a computer being associated with a first financial institution and an electronic communications network defining a first financial institution computer, the first financial institution computer further adapted to communicate with a plurality of second computers associated with a plurality of second financial institutions defining a plurality of second financial institution computers and adapted to receive a plurality of automated clearing house (ACH) files from a plurality of third computers associated with a plurality of depository institutions defining a plurality of depository institution computers; and
non-transitory computer memory encoded with computer program operable on the first financial institution computer to perform a process of associating a plurality of customer user accounts at the plurality of second financial institutions with the plurality of ACH files and a process of providing a plurality of prioritized payments from the plurality of automatic deposits associated with the plurality of ACH files, computer program comprising a set of instructions that when executed by the first financial institution computer cause the first financial computer to perform the operations ofmaintaining one or more lists of customer user account identifiers for a plurality of enrollees enrolled in a prioritized payment program at the first financial institution, each of the plurality of enrollees having at least one of a plurality of customer user accounts at the plurality of second financial institutions, the prioritized payment program allowing the plurality of enrollees to pre-authorize payment requests by one or more select creditors,identifying receipt by the first financial institution computer of at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files containing at least one account identifier on the one or more lists responsive to receiving the plurality of incoming ACH files from the plurality of depository institution computers through the electronic communications network, each of the plurality of incoming ACH files being associated with an automatic deposit of one of a plurality of destined recipients each also being one of the plurality of enrollees, the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files being associated with one or more pre-authorized payment requests by one or more select creditors to thereby define one or more prioritized payments,determining which of the plurality of second financial institution computers is associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files, andelectronically appending to the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files the one or more prioritized payments to the one or more select creditors to thereby create an outgoing ACH file so that the one or more prioritized payments is adapted to be directly deducted from the automatic deposit associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files prior to being made available to one or more of the plurality of enrollees and credited to the one or more select creditors and so that a balance of the automatic deposit after the direct deduction is adapted to be credited to at least one of the plurality of customer user accounts at one of the plurality of second financial institutions determined to be associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include transfer account systems, computer program products, and associated computer-implemented methods of providing prioritized payments from the proceeds of automatic or direct deposits. Embodiments of the present invention include routing automatic deposit information to a financial institution computer managing a prioritized payment program and formulating an outgoing ACH file with both an entry for an automatic deposit destined for a customer account and an entry for a pre-authorized prioritized payment to a select creditor, so that the automatic deposit is credited to the customer account and relatively instantaneously any prioritized payment is debited from the customer account. According to embodiments of the present invention, the customer account can be a checking, deposit, savings, money market, or other account as understood by those skilled in the art, so that a customer has effective access through the customer account only to a net value of funds.
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20 Claims
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1. A system to provide a plurality of prioritized payments directly from each of a plurality of automatic deposits prior to being made available to one or more destined recipients of each of the plurality of automatic deposits, the system comprising:
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a computer being associated with a first financial institution and an electronic communications network defining a first financial institution computer, the first financial institution computer further adapted to communicate with a plurality of second computers associated with a plurality of second financial institutions defining a plurality of second financial institution computers and adapted to receive a plurality of automated clearing house (ACH) files from a plurality of third computers associated with a plurality of depository institutions defining a plurality of depository institution computers; and non-transitory computer memory encoded with computer program operable on the first financial institution computer to perform a process of associating a plurality of customer user accounts at the plurality of second financial institutions with the plurality of ACH files and a process of providing a plurality of prioritized payments from the plurality of automatic deposits associated with the plurality of ACH files, computer program comprising a set of instructions that when executed by the first financial institution computer cause the first financial computer to perform the operations of maintaining one or more lists of customer user account identifiers for a plurality of enrollees enrolled in a prioritized payment program at the first financial institution, each of the plurality of enrollees having at least one of a plurality of customer user accounts at the plurality of second financial institutions, the prioritized payment program allowing the plurality of enrollees to pre-authorize payment requests by one or more select creditors, identifying receipt by the first financial institution computer of at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files containing at least one account identifier on the one or more lists responsive to receiving the plurality of incoming ACH files from the plurality of depository institution computers through the electronic communications network, each of the plurality of incoming ACH files being associated with an automatic deposit of one of a plurality of destined recipients each also being one of the plurality of enrollees, the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files being associated with one or more pre-authorized payment requests by one or more select creditors to thereby define one or more prioritized payments, determining which of the plurality of second financial institution computers is associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files, and electronically appending to the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files the one or more prioritized payments to the one or more select creditors to thereby create an outgoing ACH file so that the one or more prioritized payments is adapted to be directly deducted from the automatic deposit associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files prior to being made available to one or more of the plurality of enrollees and credited to the one or more select creditors and so that a balance of the automatic deposit after the direct deduction is adapted to be credited to at least one of the plurality of customer user accounts at one of the plurality of second financial institutions determined to be associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. Non-transitory computer memory encoded with computer program and operable on a first computer being associated with a first financial institution and an electronic communications network defining a first financial institution computer, computer program operable to perform a process of providing a plurality of prioritized payments directly from each of a plurality of automatic deposits prior to being made available to one or more destined recipients of each of the plurality of automatic deposits, computer program comprising a set of instructions that when executed by the first financial institution computer cause the first financial computer to perform the operations of:
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maintaining one or more lists of customer user account identifiers for a plurality of enrollees enrolled in a prioritized payment program at the first financial institution, each of the plurality of enrollees having at least one of a plurality of customer user accounts at a plurality of second financial institution computers associated with a plurality of second financial institutions, the prioritized payment program allowing the plurality of enrollees to pre-authorize payment requests by one or more select creditors, identifying receipt by the first financial institution computer of at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files containing at least one account identifier on the one or more lists responsive to receiving the plurality of incoming ACH files from a plurality of depository institution computers through the electronic communications network, each of the plurality of incoming ACH files being associated with an automatic deposit of one of a plurality of destined recipients each also being one of the plurality of enrollees, the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files being associated with one or more pre-authorized payment requests by one or more select creditors to thereby define one or more prioritized payments, determining which of the plurality of second financial institution computers is associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files, electronically appending to the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files the one or more prioritized payments to the one or more select creditors to thereby create an outgoing ACH file so that the one or more prioritized payments is adapted to be directly deducted from the automatic deposit associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files prior to being made available to one or more of the plurality of enrollees and credited to the one or more select creditors and so that a balance of the automatic deposit after the direct deduction is adapted to be credited to at least one of the plurality of customer user accounts at one of the plurality of second financial institutions determined to be associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files, and transmitting the outgoing ACH file to the electronic communications network so that the one or more prioritized payments to the selected creditors is deducted from the automatic deposit associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files and the balance of the automatic deposit after the direct deduction is credited to the at least one of the plurality of customer user accounts at one of the plurality of second financial institutions, the balance being define as a value of the automatic deposit less a total value of the one or more prioritize payments. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method to perform of providing a plurality of prioritized payments directly from each of a plurality of automatic deposits prior to being made available to one or more destined recipients of each of the plurality of automatic deposits, the method comprising:
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maintaining, by a first computer being associated with a first financial institution and an electronic communications network defining a first financial institution computer, one or more lists of customer user account identifiers for a plurality of enrollees enrolled in a prioritized payment program at the first financial institution, each of the plurality of enrollees having at least one of a plurality of customer user accounts at a plurality of second financial institution computers associated with a plurality of second financial institutions, the prioritized payment program allowing the plurality of enrollees to pre-authorize payment requests by one or more select creditors, identifying receipt by the first financial institution computer of at least one of a plurality of incoming automatic clearing house (ACH) files containing at least one account identifier on the one or more lists responsive to receiving the plurality of incoming ACH files from a plurality of depository institution computers association with a plurality of depository institutions through the electronic communications network, each of the plurality of incoming ACH files being associated with an automatic deposit of one of a plurality of destined recipients each also being one of the plurality of enrollees, the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files being associated with one or more pre-authorized payment requests by one or more select creditors to thereby define one or more prioritized payments, determining which of the plurality of second financial institution computers is associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files, and electronically appending to the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files the one or more prioritized payments to the one or more select creditors to thereby create an outgoing ACH file so that the one or more prioritized payments is adapted to be directly deducted from the automatic deposit associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files prior to being made available to one or more of the plurality of enrollees and credited to the one or more select creditors and so that a balance of the automatic deposit after the direct deduction is adapted to be credited to at least one of the plurality of customer user accounts at one of the plurality of second financial institutions determined to be associated with the at least one of the plurality of incoming ACH files. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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