Timing a notification of an online financial event
First Claim
1. A method for timing a notification of an initiation of a monetary transfer, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a financial computer system and from a first email address associated with a sender, an email which includes information that indicates a monetary amount to transfer from an account associated with the sender to a recipient via a monetary transfer transaction initiated based on the email, the email including header information that indicates an email address of the recipient;
determining, by the financial computer system, that the sender has not previously provided to the financial computer system account data associated with the account to use to withdraw funds for the monetary transfer transaction;
transmitting, by the financial computer system and to the first email address, a request configured to generate a prompt for the sender to input the account data;
determining, by the financial computer system, a period of wait time based on statistical data from a plurality of previously processed monetary transfer transactions;
andin response to the financial computer determining that sender has not provided the account data to the financial computer system by the expiration of the period of wait time;
generating, by the financial computer system, a notification email indicating the status of the monetary transfer transaction;
transmitting the notification email, by the financial computer system, to the e-mail address associated with the recipient.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for timing a notification of an online financial event are disclosed. A sender initiates a financial transaction involving a recipient, such as a transfer payment to the recipient, by sending a message to the recipient and a computer system. The computer system obtains contact information for the sender and recipient from the message, and determines that the financial transaction cannot be completed without additional information from, e.g., the sender. The computer system sends a message to the sender requesting the additional information, and determines a period of time to wait before notifying the recipient that the transfer payment was initiated. If the period of time expires without the sender providing the additional information, the computer system sends the notification message. However, if the sender responds within the period of time, no notification message is sent, thereby avoiding the sending of a potentially unnecessary message.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for timing a notification of an initiation of a monetary transfer, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a financial computer system and from a first email address associated with a sender, an email which includes information that indicates a monetary amount to transfer from an account associated with the sender to a recipient via a monetary transfer transaction initiated based on the email, the email including header information that indicates an email address of the recipient; determining, by the financial computer system, that the sender has not previously provided to the financial computer system account data associated with the account to use to withdraw funds for the monetary transfer transaction; transmitting, by the financial computer system and to the first email address, a request configured to generate a prompt for the sender to input the account data; determining, by the financial computer system, a period of wait time based on statistical data from a plurality of previously processed monetary transfer transactions; and in response to the financial computer determining that sender has not provided the account data to the financial computer system by the expiration of the period of wait time; generating, by the financial computer system, a notification email indicating the status of the monetary transfer transaction; transmitting the notification email, by the financial computer system, to the e-mail address associated with the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer system from a first device associated with a first user, an indication of an initiation of a financial transaction involving a monetary transfer from the first user to a second user and contact information associated with the second user; determining, by the computer system, that the financial transaction cannot be completed unless the first user provides account information of a financial account associated with the first user; determining, by a first computer system, based upon statistical data of a plurality of previously processed financial transactions, a period of wait time; in response to determining that the financial transaction cannot be completed, delaying for the period of wait time, by the computer system, transmitting of a status electronic message to the second user, the status electronic message being indicative of a status of the financial transaction; and in response to the period of wait time expiring without the account information being provided, transmitting the status electronic message, by the computer system, to a second device associated with the second user based on the contact information. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a processor; a communication interface, coupled to the processor, configured to communicate with other devices; and a storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations including; receiving, via the communication interface from a first device associated with a first user, an indication, of an initiation of a financial transaction involving a monetary transfer from the first user to a second user and contact information associated with the second user; determining that the first user has not provided financial account information that is needed for the financial transaction; determining a period of wait time based on statistical data of a plurality of previously processed financial transactions; in response to the determination that the first user has not provided the financial account information, delaying for the period of wait time transmitting a status electronic message to the second user, the status electronic message being indicative of a status of the financial transaction; and in response to the period of wait time expiring without the financial account information being provided, transmitting the status electronic message to a second device associated with the second user based on the contact information. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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