System, methods and program products for processing for a self clearing broker dealer

• US 8,032,456 B1
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Issued: 10/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• 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): Felten; Daniel S
• Application Number:
  US12/340,026
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 705/40, 705/42, 235/379, 235/380
• US Class Current: 705/40
• 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 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, system and program product for managing funds for a plurality of broker dealers, the method comprising: maintaining or having maintained a separate account for each of a plurality of customers of a plurality of broker dealers; receiving by a self clearing broker dealer deposit sweep data; maintaining a plurality of FDIC-insured and interest-bearing aggregated accounts, with aggregated accounts held at a plurality of different program banks, with at least one of the aggregated accounts at one of the program banks holding funds of a plurality of broker dealers; accessing an aggregated account electronic database, containing information on funds of each of a plurality of the customers in the plurality of aggregated deposit accounts; accessing an accounting electronic database, containing information on one or more accounting parameters to be applied when performing accounting functions relating to funds of a plurality of the customers of a plurality of the broker dealers; plus additional aspects.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

(a) maintaining or having maintained or accessing, by one or more computers, an electronic database, on one or more computer readable media, comprising;

(i) aggregated deposit account information for one or more of government backed-insured and interest-bearing aggregated deposit accounts, held in one or more banking institutions, comprising at least a first banking institution, each of the one or more aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of more than one client;

(ii) client account information for a plurality of client accounts for a plurality of clients whose funds had been accepted for deposit in the names of the respective clients at least at the first banking institution;

(b) obtaining a plurality of net credit/debit amounts during a month period, with each respective net credit/debit amount comprising a sum of credits to and/or debits from multiple of the client accounts for a respective sub-period of the month;

(c) generating data for depositing/transferring funds to or withdrawing/transferring funds from at least one of the one or more aggregated deposit accounts multiple times in a month period, the data based at least in part on one or more of the net credit/debit amounts for one or more sub-periods of time, the data generating step comprising presenting instructions for making a withdrawal/transfer from funds held at one of the one or more banking institutions more than six (6) times during the month period, based at least in part on a rule that no more than some predetermined number of withdrawals are made using a method that implicates a 6 withdrawal limit and a restriction that all other withdrawals from that account during the month are made either in person, or by mail, or by messenger, or by telephone and distributed by mail, or by automated teller machine, or a combination thereof so that the insured and interest-bearing status of the aggregated deposit accounts is preserved; and

(d) updating or having updated, by the one or more computers, the electronic database to reflect changes in client funds held in the one or more aggregated deposit accounts.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the restriction to presentation of the instructions in person, or by mail, or by messenger, or by telephone and distributed by mail, or by automated teller machine, or a combination thereof, does not begin to operate until a threshold number of withdrawals have been made from the aggregated account at the respective program bank.

3. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the method of presentation of the instructions for withdrawal/transfer that counts against the 6 withdrawal limit is by an electronic method.

4. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the government backed insurance is Federal Deposit Corporation Insurance.

5. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the one or more banking institutions comprises only a first banking institution.

6. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the one or more banking institutions comprise a plurality of banking institutions.

7. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the one or more banking institutions comprise a plurality of banking institutions, and wherein the generating data for instructions to deposit/transfer funds to or withdraw/transfer funds from the one or more aggregated deposit accounts based at least in part on one or more of the net credit/debit amounts further comprises:

transferring funds of a respective client only to one or more banking institutions which hold less than a specified amount of the funds of the respective client.