Systems, methods and program products for deposit and withdrawal processing

• US 8,260,705 B1
• Filed: 12/21/2010
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Island Intellectual Property LLC (Double Rock Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Island Intellectual Property LLC (Double Rock Corporation)
• Inventors: Bent, Bruce, Bent, Bruce II, Gareis, David Edgar, O'Donnell, Thomas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Felten, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US12/974,974
• Time in Patent Office: 623 Days
• Field of Search: 705/40, 705/42, 235/379, 235/380
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis

Abstract

A method, system and program product, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of net credit/debit amounts during a month period; generating data for depositing/transferring funds to or withdrawing/transferring funds from at least one of one or more aggregated deposit accounts multiple times in a month period, the data generating step comprising generating data for instructions for making a withdrawal/transfer from funds held at one of the one or more depository institutions more than six (6) times during the month period, comprising presenting instructions to the respective one depository institution using one or more of the methods: in person, or by mail, or, by messenger, or by telephone and distributed by mail, or by automated teller machine, or a combination thereof for substantially all of the withdrawals/transfers except for a set of at least one but not more than six withdrawals within the month period.

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 depository institutions, comprising at least a first depository 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 the first depository institution;

(b) obtaining, by the one or more computers, 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 with respect to multiple of the client accounts for a respective sub-period of the month;

(c) allocating, by the one or more computers, fund amounts to the depository institutions to be held in the aggregated deposit accounts therein based at least in part on the credit/debit amounts and one or more rules;

(d) generating data, by the one or more computers, 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, based at least in part on one or more of the net credit/debit the fund amounts allocated to the depository institutions for one or more sub-periods of time, the data generating step comprising generating data for instructions for making a withdrawal/transfer from funds held at one of the one or more depository institutions more than six (6) times during the month period, comprising presenting instructions to the respective one depository institution using one or more of the methods;

in person, or by mail, or by messenger, or by telephone and distributed by mail, or by automated teller machine, or a combination thereof for substantially all of the withdrawals/transfers except for a set of at least one but not more than six withdrawals within a last six business days of the month period, and presenting instructions to the respective one depository institution using a method that counts against a 6 withdrawal limit for this set of the withdrawals during the last six business days of the month period; and

(e) 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 instructions for withdrawal/transfer that count against a 6 withdrawal limit are presented in each of the last 5 business days of the month and are presented by electronic communication.

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

4. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the one or more depository institutions comprises only the first depository institution.

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

6. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the one or more depository institutions comprise a plurality of depository 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 depository institutions which hold less than a specified amount of the funds of the respective client account.

7. A method, comprising:

maintaining or having maintained or accessing, by one or more computers, one or more electronic databases, stored on one or more computer-readable media, comprising;

(i) aggregated deposit account information for a plurality of respective government-backed insured and interest-bearing aggregated deposit accounts held in a plurality of depository institutions participating in a program, with the aggregated deposit accounts providing non-penalized liquidity for the funds held therein, each of the one or more aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of more than one client; and

(ii) client account information for a plurality of client accounts, the client account information for a respective one of the client accounts comprising a balance of client account funds held in each of one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account; and

accessing, by the one or more computers, client account data comprising changes to client account funds sourced to the program from one or more source financial entities and held or to be held in the depository institutions in aggregated accounts held therein;

allocating, by the one or more computers, fund amounts to the depository institutions to be held in the aggregated deposit accounts therein based at least in part on the client account data for the client account funds and one or more rules;

generating data, by the one or more computers, for depositing/transferring funds to or withdrawing/transferring funds from at least one of the aggregated deposit accounts multiple times in a month period, based at least in part on the accessed client account data, the data generating step comprising generating data for instructions for making a withdrawal/transfer from funds held at one of the depository institutions more than six (6) times during the month period, comprising presenting instructions to the respective one depository institution using one or more of the methods;

in person, or by mail, or by messenger, or by telephone and distributed by mail, or by automated teller machine, or a combination thereof for substantially all of the withdrawals/transfers except for a set of at least one but not more than six withdrawals within a last six business days of the month period, and presenting instructions to the respective one depository institution using a method that counts against a 6 withdrawal limit for this set of the withdrawals during the last six business days of the month period; and

updating or having updated, by the one or more computers, the one or more electronic databases to reflect changes in client account funds held in the aggregated deposit accounts.

8. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the instructions for withdrawal/transfer that count against a 6 withdrawal limit are presented in the last 5 business days of the month and are presented by wire.

9. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the method of presentation of the instructions for withdrawal/transfer that counts against the 6 withdrawal limit is by an electronic method.

10. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the government backed insurance is from the Federal Deposit Corporation Insurance.

11. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein one of the one or more rules for allocation comprises allocating funds of a respective client account only to one or more depository institutions which hold less than a specified amount of the funds of the respective client account.

12. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein one of the one or more rules for allocation comprises allocating funds to respective depository institutions so as not to exceed a maximum cap for the respective depository institution and/or not to go below a minimum cap for the respective depository institution.

13. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein one of the one or more rules for allocation comprises allocating funds to a respective one of the depository institutions based, at least in part, whether the one depository institution has sourced funds to the program which are held in one or more other of the depository institutions.

14. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein one of the one or more rules for allocation comprises allocating funds to a respective one of the depository institutions based, at least in part, on an amount of funds the one depository institution has sourced funds to the program which are held in one or more other of the depository institutions.

15. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein one of the one or more rules for allocation comprises allocating an amount of funds to a respective one of the depository institutions based, at least in part, on an amount of funds the one depository institution has sourced funds to the program which are held in one or more other of the depository institutions.

16. The method as defined in claim 7, further comprising:

allocating, using the one or more computers, fund amounts of client accounts among the aggregated deposit accounts, to substantially match the respective fund amounts allocated to the aggregated deposit accounts, based at least in part on the client account data for the client account funds and one or more rules.

17. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the method steps are performed by a self-clearing broker dealer, and

wherein the accessing client account data comprises receiving deposit and/or withdrawal sweep data from one or more other broker dealers, with the deposit and/or withdrawal sweep data comprising deposit and/or withdrawal data for respective customers holding customer accounts with the one or more broker dealers.

18. The method as defined in claim 17, further comprising the self-clearing broker dealer performing the steps:

maintaining the plurality of government backed-insured and interest-bearing aggregated accounts in the depository institutions, with at least one of the aggregated accounts at one of the depository institutions holding funds of multiple of the broker dealers;

performing, by the one or more computers, an electronic accounting function on a substantially periodic basis based on client account data associated with the respective broker dealers, wherein the electronic accounting function is performed for the client accounts of the associated broker dealer based on one or more accounting parameters associated with the respective broker dealer or the respective customer.

19. The method as defined in claim 18, wherein the one or more accounting parameters comprise a type of rate to be paid one or more client accounts associated with the respective broker dealer.

20. The method as defined in claim 18, wherein the one or more accounting parameters comprise a tier of a rate chart to be paid on funds of client accounts associated with the broker dealer.

21. The method as defined in claim 18, wherein the one or more accounting parameters comprise one or more levels of FDIC insurance associated with client accounts associated with the respective broker dealer.

22. The method as defined in claim 18, wherein the one or more accounting parameters comprise one or more depository institutions that are associated with the client accounts associated with a respective one of the respective broker dealers for holding funds of those client accounts or are prohibited from holding funds of those client accounts.

23. The method as defined in claim 18, wherein the one or more accounting parameters comprise one or more of the depository institutions that are associated with only a subset of the broker dealers for holding funds of only the subset of the broker dealers or are prohibited from holding funds of the subset of the broker dealers.

24. The method as defined in claim 18, wherein the one or more accounting parameters comprise a preferred method for customer initiated/late day transactions.

25. The method as defined in claim 17, further comprising replacing at least a portion of money withdrawn of one of the broker dealers from one of the depository institutions by depositing money from another of the broker dealers into the one depository institution.

26. The method as defined in claim 17, further comprising the self clearing broker dealer maintaining an accounting electronic database, on one or more computers, containing information on one or more accounting parameters to be applied when performing accounting functions relating to funds of a plurality of the client accounts of a plurality of the broker dealers.

27. A method, comprising:

maintaining or having maintained or accessing, by one or more computers, one or more electronic databases, stored on one or more computer-readable media, comprising;

(i) aggregated deposit account information for a plurality of respective government-backed insured and interest-bearing aggregated deposit accounts held in a plurality of depository institutions participating in a program, with the aggregated deposit accounts providing non-penalized liquidity for the funds held therein, each of the one or more aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of more than one client; and

(ii) client account information for a plurality of client accounts, the client account information for a respective one of the client accounts comprising a balance of client account funds held in each of one or more of the aggregated deposit accounts holding funds of the respective client account; and

accessing, by the one or more computers, client account data comprising changes to client account funds sourced to the program from one or more source financial entities and held or to be held in the depository institutions in aggregated accounts held therein;

allocating, by the one or more computers, fund amounts to the depository institutions to be held in the aggregated deposit accounts therein based at least in part on the client account data for the client account funds and one or more rules;

generating, by the one or more computers, data for depositing/transferring funds to or withdrawing/transferring funds from at least one of the aggregated deposit accounts multiple times in a month period, based at least in part on the accessed client account data, the data generating step comprising generating data for instructions for making a withdrawal/transfer from funds held at one of the depository institutions more than six (6) times during the month period, comprising presenting instructions to the respective one depository institution using one or more of the methods;

in person, or by mail, or by messenger, or by telephone and distributed by mail, or by automated teller machine, or a combination thereof for substantially all of the withdrawals/transfers except for a set of at least one but not more than six withdrawals within the month period, and presenting instructions to the respective one depository institution using a method that counts against a 6 withdrawal limit for this set of the withdrawals during the month period; and

updating or having updated, by the one or more computers, the one or more electronic databases to reflect changes in client account funds held in the aggregated deposit accounts.

28. The method as defined in 7, wherein the changes to client account funds are sourced from a plurality source financial entities.

29. The method as defined in 27, wherein the changes to client account funds are sourced from a plurality source financial entities.