Efficient transfer of funds between accounts
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a transfer management computer system, a fund transfer request to transfer an amount of funds from a transferring account maintained by a transferring bank to a receiving account maintained by a receiving bank;
determining, by the transfer management computer system, that the transferring bank maintains a first intermediate account and that the receiving bank maintains a second intermediate account, the first intermediate account and the second intermediate account managed by an administrative entity independent from the transferring bank and the receiving bank;
responsive to determining that the transferring bank maintains the first intermediate account and the receiving bank maintains the second intermediate account, processing, by the transfer management computer system, the fund transfer request, via the Internet, without initiating a fund transfer between the first intermediate account and the second intermediate account, the transfer management computer system processing the fund transfer request by;
transmitting to a transferring bank system of the transferring bank, an Internet intra-bank transfer request to transfer the amount of funds from the transferring account to the first intermediate account maintained by the transferring bank; and
responsive to the first intermediate account receiving the funds from the transferring account, transmitting to a receiving bank system of the receiving bank, an Internet intra-bank transfer request to transfer the amount of funds from the second intermediate account maintained by the receiving bank to the receiving account; and
responsive to a balance of an intermediate account below an ideal fund range, initiating, by the transfer management system and as a replenishment, a transfer of funds to the intermediate account having a balance below the ideal fund range, wherein the ideal fund range is determined based on at least one of the following factors;
a number of transfers to the intermediate account, an average fund transfer value to the intermediate account, a number of transfers from the intermediate account, an average fund transfer value from the intermediate account, and a number of user accounts with the bank maintaining the intermediate account.
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Abstract
A transfer management system receives a request to transfer an amount of funds from a transferring account maintained by a transferring bank to a receiving account maintained by a receiving bank. The transfer management system determines whether the transferring bank maintains an intermediate transferring account, and whether the receiving bank maintains an intermediate receiving account. If the transferring bank maintains an intermediate transferring account and the receiving maintains an intermediate receiving account, the transfer management system transmits to a transferring bank system of the transferring bank an intra-bank transfer request. The intra-bank transfer request is to transfer the amount of funds from the transferring account to the intermediate transferring account. Additionally, the transfer management system transmits an intra-bank transfer request to a receiving bank system of the receiving bank to transfer the amount of funds from the intermediate receiving account maintained by the receiving bank to the receiving account.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, by a transfer management computer system, a fund transfer request to transfer an amount of funds from a transferring account maintained by a transferring bank to a receiving account maintained by a receiving bank; determining, by the transfer management computer system, that the transferring bank maintains a first intermediate account and that the receiving bank maintains a second intermediate account, the first intermediate account and the second intermediate account managed by an administrative entity independent from the transferring bank and the receiving bank; responsive to determining that the transferring bank maintains the first intermediate account and the receiving bank maintains the second intermediate account, processing, by the transfer management computer system, the fund transfer request, via the Internet, without initiating a fund transfer between the first intermediate account and the second intermediate account, the transfer management computer system processing the fund transfer request by; transmitting to a transferring bank system of the transferring bank, an Internet intra-bank transfer request to transfer the amount of funds from the transferring account to the first intermediate account maintained by the transferring bank; and responsive to the first intermediate account receiving the funds from the transferring account, transmitting to a receiving bank system of the receiving bank, an Internet intra-bank transfer request to transfer the amount of funds from the second intermediate account maintained by the receiving bank to the receiving account; and responsive to a balance of an intermediate account below an ideal fund range, initiating, by the transfer management system and as a replenishment, a transfer of funds to the intermediate account having a balance below the ideal fund range, wherein the ideal fund range is determined based on at least one of the following factors;
a number of transfers to the intermediate account, an average fund transfer value to the intermediate account, a number of transfers from the intermediate account, an average fund transfer value from the intermediate account, and a number of user accounts with the bank maintaining the intermediate account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16)
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10. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to:
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receive a fund transfer request to transfer an amount of funds from a transferring account maintained by a transferring bank to a receiving account maintained by a receiving bank; determine that the transferring bank maintains a first intermediate account and that the receiving bank maintains a second intermediate account, the first intermediate account and the second intermediate account managed by an administrative entity independent from the transferring bank and the receiving bank; and responsive to determining that the transferring bank maintains the first intermediate account and the receiving bank maintains the second intermediate account, process the fund transfer request, via the Internet, without initiating a fund transfer between the first intermediate account and the second intermediate account, the fund transfer request processed by; transmitting to a transferring bank system of the transferring bank, an Internet intra-bank transfer request to transfer the amount of funds from the transferring account to the first intermediate account maintained by the transferring bank; and responsive to the first intermediate account receiving the funds from the transferring account, transmitting to a receiving bank system of the receiving bank, an Internet intra-bank transfer request to transfer the amount of funds from the second intermediate account maintained by the receiving bank to the receiving account; and responsive to a balance of an intermediate account below an ideal fund range, initiate, by the transfer management system and as a replenishment, a transfer of funds to the intermediate account having a balance below the ideal fund range, wherein the ideal fund range is determined based on at least one of the following factors;
an average fund transfer value to the intermediate account, a number of transfers from the intermediate account, an average fund transfer value from the intermediate account, and a number of user accounts with the bank maintaining the intermediate account. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable storage media; and a processor communicatively coupled to the storage media, wherein the processor executes application code instructions that are stored in the storage media to cause the system to; receive a fund transfer request to transfer an amount of funds from a transferring account maintained by a transferring bank to a receiving account maintained by a receiving bank; determine that the transferring bank maintains a first intermediate account and that the receiving bank maintains a second intermediate account, the first intermediate account and the second intermediate account managed by an administrative entity independent from the transferring bank and the receiving bank; and responsive to determining that the transferring bank maintain the first intermediate account and the receiving bank maintains the second intermediate account, process the fund transfer request via the Internet without initiating a fund transfer between the first intermediate account and the second intermediate account, the fund transfer request processed by; transmitting to a transferring bank system of the transferring bank, an Internet intra-bank transfer request to transfer the amount of funds from the transferring account to the first intermediate account maintained by the transferring bank; and responsive to the first intermediate account receiving the funds from the transferring account, transmitting to a receiving bank system of the receiving bank, an Internet intra-bank transfer request to transfer the amount of funds from the second intermediate account maintained by the receiving bank to the receiving account; and responsive to a balance of an intermediate account below an ideal fund range, initiate, by the transfer management system and as a replenishment, a transfer of funds to the intermediate account having a balance below the ideal fund range, wherein the ideal fund range is determined based on at least one of the following factors;
a number of transfers to the intermediate account, an average fund transfer value to the intermediate account, a number of transfers from the intermediate account, an average fund transfer value from the intermediate account, and a number of user accounts with the bank maintaining the intermediate account. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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