Method and apparatus for managing multiple accounts

• US 7,383,223 B1
• Filed: 09/20/2000
• Issued: 06/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CashEdge Incorporated (Fiserv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CashEdge Incorporated (Fiserv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Dhcer, Sanjeev, Dilip, Venkatachari
• Primary Examiner(s): WEISBERGER, RICHARD C
• Application Number:
  US09/665,919
• Time in Patent Office: 2,813 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705 35- 45
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/023 the neutral party being a clearing house
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/108 Remote banking, e.g. home banking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3821 Electronic credentials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/401 Transaction verification
• 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 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A withdrawal of assets is initiated from a first account at a first financial institution. A deposit of the assets withdrawn from the first account is initiated to a second account at a second financial institution. The first account and the second account have a common account holder. The withdrawal and deposit of assets may be initiated after analyzing multiple accounts of the account holder and determining whether an adjustment of funds among the multiple accounts would benefit the account holder. A debit instruction is used to initiate the withdrawal of assets and a credit instruction is used to initiate the deposit of the withdrawn assets. The withdrawal and deposit of assets can be implemented using one or more payment networks, debit networks, or a wire transfer between the two financial institutions.

Claims

1. A method for executing a funds transfer in response to a user input, the method comprising:

receiving an electronic funds transfer request from the user comprising an identification of a source account, an identification of a destination account and a transfer amount;

in a first transaction, a third-party financial management system executing a debit transaction from the source account at a first financial institution, comprising withdrawing funds from the source account, wherein the source account is owned by the user, the third-party system having no financial relationship with the user, and depositing the funds from the debit transaction in an intermediate account, wherein the intermediate account is not owned by the user; and

in a second transaction, the third-party system executing a debit transaction comprising withdrawing the funds from the intermediate account, and depositing the funds in a second account owned by the user at the second financial institution, wherein the amount of funds deposited equals the transfer amount.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the funds are withdrawn from the source account via a first payment network, and the funds are deposited in the second account via a second payment network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the funds are withdrawn from the source account via an automated clearing house (ACH) network, and the funds are deposited in the second account via an ACH network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the funds are withdrawn from the source account via a capitalized EFT network comprising a NYCE network and a STAR network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the funds are deposited into the second account via a capitalized EFT network comprising a NYCE network and a STAR network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the funds are deposited in the second account via a wire transfer.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the withdrawal of funds from the source account comprises a loan from the source account.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising opening the second account, and wherein depositing the funds in the second account comprises initially funding the second account.