Financial services data model

• US 8,538,840 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2003
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Siebel Systems Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Hsiao, Chiun-Feng, Yeap, Hwee Har, Yang, Yi, Gu, Jing, Muralitharan, Caroline, Catahan, Nardo B. Jr., Chan, Cynthia M., Chan, Lindy Hau-In, Wheadon, Blair Thomas, Chao, Edward Ming, Hong, Agnes Le Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Edward
• Application Number:
  US10/434,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20070226093A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,785 Days
• Field of Search: 705/36, 705/35
• US Class Current: 705/35
• 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

Abstract

A data model that allows for relationships between entities, also referred to as parties, to be modeled as attributes of an entity and for customization of the data model in a manner that facilitates upgrading of the data model. In some embodiments, the data model may facilitate creation and processing of financial applications. Using the data model, received application data can be stored in a financial application record, including data relating to a party'"'"'s financial statements. In some embodiments, the data model may facilitate management of financial account data for multiple accounts. In some embodiments the data model may facilitate management of credit information, such as credit information collected by credit bureaus.

Claims

1. A method in a computer system, the method comprising:

providing, by a computer processor of the computer system, a plurality of financial statement records for a plurality of parties, wherein

each financial statement record among the plurality of financial statement records is identified by a respective party identifier of a plurality of party identifiers, and

each of the party identifiers corresponds to a respective one of the parties;

receiving, by the computer processor, a request to open at least one financial account,

wherein

the request is received from a party of the plurality of parties,

the request comprises application data for the party,

the application data conforms to a financial application data model,

the application data comprises

application data for at least one primary financial account and at least one dependent financial account,

the party comprises a plurality of applicants,

fewer than all of the plurality of applicants are associated with the at least one primary financial account and the at least one dependent financial account, and

the request is evaluated by a financial institution;

instantiating, by the computer processor, a financial application object in accordance with

the financial application data model, wherein

the financial application object is associated with the party, and

the financial application object comprises

the application data, and

respective ones of the plurality of financial statement records associated with at least a subset of the plurality of applicants;

if the financial institution approves the at least one primary financial account,

approving the request, wherein

the approving is performed by the financial institution, and

the approving comprises

accessing the financial application object, and

referencing the financial account data model in the financial application object; and

if the financial institution rejects the at least one primary financial account,

rejecting the request, by the computer processor,

wherein

the rejecting is performed by the financial institution, and

the rejecting comprises

accessing the financial application object, and

rejecting each applicant of the plurality of applicants within the party,

wherein

the rejecting is based, at least in part, on the application data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

identifying, by the computer processor, a party identifier associated with a financial application record, wherein

the party identifier associated with the financial application record identifies the party;

storing, by the computer processor, the financial application record, wherein

the financial application record corresponds to the received request,

the storing comprises

storing the application data, and

storing the party identifier associated with the financial application record, and

the storing allows the financial application record to be associated with multiple financial statements for the party;

providing, by the computer processor, the financial application record to the financial institution;

in response to a determination that the request is approved by the financial institution, receiving, by the computer processor, approval information from the financial institution; and

in response to receiving approval information, generating, by the computer processor, and presenting, by the computer processor, at least one account associated with the application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein

the financial application record comprises information related to potential financial accounts;

and further comprising

requesting the financial application record, wherein

the requesting is performed by a second computer system, and

the requesting requests the financial application record from the computer system; and

providing a response message to the second computer system, wherein

the response message comprises

the financial application record,

one or more of the potential financial accounts related to the financial application record, and

the one or more of the potential financial accounts are selected based on being related to the financial application record.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the financial application data model comprises a base data element, an applicant list data element, and a financial statement list data element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein

the financial application data model comprises an account application list data element,

the financial application data model is configured to allow at least two of the plurality of applicants in the party to apply for multiple accounts using a single application,

the multiple accounts comprise a plurality of different account types, and

the account application list data element of the financial application data model is further configured to allow each of the at least two of the plurality of applicants to apply for a different one of the plurality of different account types.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein

the financial statement records comprises information that is updated over time, and

the updated information is available via the financial application record.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein

the each of the party identifiers is included in a party class, and

the party class comprises a list of relationships of the respective one of the parties corresponding to the each of the party identifiers.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating the at least one primary financial account and the at least one dependent financial account, if the financial institution approves the at least one primary financial account, wherein

the creating comprises

associating the at least one primary financial account and the at least one dependent financial account with the financial account object.

8. A method in a computer system, the method comprising:

creating, by a computer processor of the computer system, a customer relationship for a party of a plurality of parties, wherein

each of the plurality of parties is associated with at least one of a plurality of financial statement records,

the creating comprises

creating party objects for the plurality of parties,

identifying a plurality of customer relationships between the plurality of parties, and

for each of the plurality of parties, performing a relationship building process,

the relationship building process comprises

selecting a first party of the plurality of parties,

selecting a second party of the plurality of parties, and

adding to a party object of the first party an identification value of the second party,

a customer relationship exists between the first party and the second party, and

the customer relationship is one of the plurality of customer relationships;

receiving, by the computer processor of the computer system, a request to open at least

one financial account, wherein

the request is received from the first party,

the request comprises application data for the first party,

the application data conforms to a financial application data model,

the request is evaluated by a financial institution;

instantiating, by the computer processor of the computer system, a financial application

object in accordance with the financial application data model, wherein

the financial application object is associated with the first party, and

the financial application object comprises

the application data, and

one or more of the plurality of financial statement records that are identified using an identification value of the first party;

if the financial institution approves the at least one financial account, approving the request, wherein

the approving is performed by the financial institution, and

the approving comprises

accessing the financial application object, and

referencing the financial account data model in the financial application object; and

if the financial institution rejects the at least one financial account, rejecting the request, by the computer processor, wherein

the rejecting is performed by the financial institution, and

the rejecting comprises

accessing the financial application object, and

rejecting the first party, wherein

the rejecting is based, at least in part, on the application data.