Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100125514 | Least Cost Routing of Fund Transfer Transactions - Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhancing the transfer of funds involving particular payee-payors. Users sometimes desire to remotely transfer funds from their account (i.e., payor account) to a payee, but are ambivalent as to the delivery mechanism their financial institution uses to perform the transfer. Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to using a routing engine to assist in transferring funds in an enhanced manner. | 05-20-2010 |
20110238568 | Enhanced Optimized Routing With Volume Controls - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are illustrated for enhancing the transfer of funds. Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhancing the transfer of funds using a plurality of factors/controls, such as speed, quality, cost, priority, and/or volume. The volume controls may be configured with minimum and maximum values and configured to override other factors (e.g., cost, quality, etc.) Systems and methods are disclosed to assist in selecting delivery mechanism to transfer funds in an enhanced manner. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246358 | Enhanced Least Cost Routing of Fund Transfer Transactions - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are illustrated for enhancing the transfer of funds. Aspects of the disclosure relate to enhancing the transfer of funds using a plurality of factors, such as speed factors, quality factors, cost factors, and/or priority factors. Users sometimes desire to remotely transfer funds from their account (i.e., payor account) to a payee, but are ambivalent as to the delivery mechanism their financial institution uses to perform the transfer. Systems and methods are disclosed to assist in selecting delivery mechanism to transfer funds in an enhanced manner. | 10-06-2011 |
20130018778 | VIRTUAL GIFT CARD - A virtual gift credit system that automatically attaches gift credit to a payment account or vehicle of the gift recipient upon issuance of the gift credit is herein described. By attaching the gift credit amount to the recipient's payment account, subsequent purchases made using the payment account, and of the type associated with the gift credit, are automatically settled by applying the gift credit amount to the purchase amount. Further, the invention does not require gift recipients to share confidential account information with gift providers in order for the gift providers to bestow gift credit upon the gift recipients. Through the use of aliases, which serve to tie an identifier, such as a gift recipient's telephone number, email address or the like to a gift recipient's payment account, the invention does not require that the gift provider know any information about the financial accounts of the intended gift recipient. | 01-17-2013 |
20140081787 | PEER-TO-PEER TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR A SPECIFIED USE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing a system for a peer-to-peer transfer of funds for a specified purpose. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: receive information from a user relating to a peer-to-peer transfer of funds, wherein the information comprises a recipient and a specified use; identify at least one recipient account for the recipient; receive information associated with a transaction; determine the transaction qualifies for the specified use; and apply funds associated with the peer-to-peer transfer to the transaction. The specified purpose may be use at a specific merchant, use to purchase a specific product, or other types of specified uses. Computer program products and methods are also provided. | 03-20-2014 |
20140122334 | Payment Processing with a User Identifier - According to an embodiment, a payment is processed. It is determined that a user should receive a payment. A user identifier associated with the user is received. The user identifier allows the user to receive communications. The user identifier does not comprise information regarding any financial account of the user. Whether the user identifier is registered with an account server operable to maintain associations between user identifers and financial accounts is determined. The user is requested to register the user identifier with the account server if the user identifier is not registered with the account server. Transfer of the payment is facilitated by a selected one of a transfer to a financial account associated with the user identifier and issuance of the payment by an alternative mechanism according to whether the user identifier is registered with the account server. | 05-01-2014 |
20140358682 | MONITORING RETAIL TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION-BASED MERCHANT OFFER PROGRAM AND DETERMINING SAVINGS METRICS - Embodiments of the invention provide for monitoring transactions and providing related savings metrics in association with a financial institution-based merchant offer program. Since the transaction monitoring occurs at the financial institution level, the savings metrics may include savings amounts lost by conducting a transaction absent a merchant offer when an applicable merchant offer was available. | 12-04-2014 |
20150032480 | USE OF E-RECEIPTS TO DETERMINE INSURANCE VALUATION - Embodiments for determining insurance valuations are included in systems that receive e-receipt data, including stock keeping unit (SKU) level data from a customer and compare the e-receipt data with transaction data. The systems match the e-receipt data to one or more transactions based on the comparison, identify at least one insurance related transaction from the one or more transactions based on the SKU level data, calculate the value of an insurance claim based on the at least one insurance related transaction. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032522 | USE OF E-RECEIPTS FOR MICRO LOYALTY TARGETING - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for using e-receipts for micro loyalty targeting. The apparatus, methods, and computer program products comprise: a memory; a processor; and a module stored in memory, executable by a processor, and configured to: receive information associated with a purchase of an item, wherein the item includes an item category; increment a counter associated with the item category; determine, in response to incrementing the counter associated with the item category, if the counter equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and transmit, in response to determining the counter equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold value, a message to a second apparatus. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032523 | CREDIT SOURCE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON PRODUCT LEVEL DATA ANALYSIS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for credit source recommendation based on product level data analysis. In some embodiments, an apparatus is configured to receive an information from a structured database associated with a customer's financial institution account, wherein the information includes a previous product purchase; categorize the customer based on the information received; and provide a recommendation to the customer based on categorization of the customer, wherein the recommendation is a type of financial institution bank card. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032525 | USING TRANSACTION HISTORY TO INCENTIVIZE THE USE OF A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BANK CARD - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for using transaction history to incentivize the use of a financial institution bank card. In some embodiments, an apparatus is configured to receive an information associated with a transaction history from a structured database associated with a customer's financial institution account, wherein the information is a recurring periodic payment; identify a first payment type associated with the information received, wherein the first payment type is not associated with the financial institution; and provide an incentive to the customer to use a second payment type instead of the first payment type, wherein the second payment type is associated with the financial institution. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032526 | PRODUCT EVALUATION BASED ON ELECTRONIC RECEIPT DATA - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing product evaluation. An exemplary apparatus is configured to identify purchase transaction data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer, the purchase transaction data includes product level data from a transaction, receive the identified purchase transaction data, the purchase transaction data is received in an unstructured format, convert the purchase transaction data from the unstructured format to a structured format, associate the structured purchase transaction data with the customer's online banking application, aggregate purchase transaction data related to one or more products purchased by the customer, determine one or more products are purchased on a recurring basis, and provide the customer with one or more options based at least partially on determining the one or more products are purchased on a recurring basis. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032536 | OFFERS BASED ON USER'S SEASONALITY AND GIFT GIVING SCHEDULE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for offers based on a user's seasonality and gift giving schedule. The apparatus, methods, and computer program products comprise: a memory; a processor; and a module stored in memory, executable by a processor, and configured to: receive information associated with a purchase of an item, wherein the information includes a purchase date; increment a counter associated with the purchase date; determine, in response to incrementing the counter associated with the purchase date, if the counter equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and transmit, in response to determining the counter equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold value, a message to a second apparatus, wherein the message is based on the purchase date. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032537 | ANALYSIS OF E-RECEIPT DATA FOR LOYALTY CARD USAGE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for analyzing e-receipt data for loyalty card usage. The apparatus, methods, and computer program products comprise: a memory; a processor; and a module stored in memory, executable by a processor, and configured to: receive information associated with a purchase, wherein the information includes a payment type; analyze the payment type, wherein analyzing the payment type comprises determining if the payment type is associated with a loyalty card; and transmit, in response to determining the payment type is associated with a loyalty card, an offer to a second apparatus. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032538 | PROVIDING OFFERS BASED ON ELECTRONIC RECEIPT DATA - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing offers based on electronic receipt data. An exemplary apparatus is configured to identify purchase transaction data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer regarding a transaction, where the purchase transaction data includes product level data from a transaction; receive the identified purchase transaction data, wherein the purchase transaction data is received in an unstructured format; convert the purchase transaction data from the unstructured format to a structured format; associate the structured purchase transaction data with the customer's online banking application; identify an offer associated with one or more products purchased by the customer; and provide the customer the offer based at least partially on the customers purchase transaction data. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032546 | USE OF SKU LEVEL E-RECEIPT DATA FOR FUTURE MARKETING - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining and providing an offer to a customer based at least in part on product level data associated with a transaction. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to receive unstructured data from a customer account, wherein the unstructured data comprises product level data for a transaction; convert the unstructured data into structured data; determine a transaction at a financial institution corresponding to the structured data; determine an offer for a customer based on the product level data and the transaction; and provide the offer to the customer. Typically, product level data related to transactions is not available to financial institution. This disclosure describes a system and method for identifying and using product level data. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032574 | PRICE EVALUATION BASED ON ELECTRONIC RECEIPT DATA - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing price evaluation based on electronic receipt data. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: identify purchase transaction data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer, wherein the purchase transaction data includes product level data from a transaction; receive the identified purchase transaction data, wherein the purchase transaction data is received in an unstructured format; convert the purchase transaction data from the unstructured format to a structured format; associate the structured purchase transaction data with the customer's online banking application; aggregate purchase transaction data related to a first product purchased by a plurality of customers; determine a best price available for the first product based at least partially on an analyses of the purchase transaction data; and communicate the best price available for the first product to one or more parties. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032581 | USE OF E-RECEIPTS TO DETERMINE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for utilizing e-receipt data and other electronic communication data between a merchant and customer regarding a transaction to provide misappropriation protection based on address and/or merchant store information associated with the e-receipt or other e-communication. In one embodiment, a system is configured to: determine a purchase price paid for the product and costs associated with the product based on purchase transaction data; and determine an estimated total cost of ownership of the product based on the purchase price of the product and the costs associated with the product. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032586 | USE OF E-RECEIPTS FOR CONSUMPTION TRACKING - Embodiments related to tracking consumer consumption for purchased items are included in systems that receive e-receipt data, including stack keeping unit (SKU) level data from a customer and compare the e-receipt data with transaction data. The systems identify transactions associated with one or more customer goals based on the SKU level data and calculate a first quantity of consumption for each of the identified transactions. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032602 | UNDERSTANDING PAST PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS BASED ON PURCHASE TRANSACTION HISTORY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for understanding past transactions based on purchase history. In some embodiments, an apparatus is configured to receive a request from a customer associated with a financial institution account; retrieve information associated with the request from a structured financial account database; and provide a recommendation to the customer based on the request and the information retrieved. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032615 | INTEGRATION OF PURCHASE TRANSACTION LEVEL DATA INTO CUSTOMER ONLINE BANKING - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for utilizing e-receipt data and other electronic communication data between a merchant and customer regarding a transaction to augment data in a customer's online banking application. As such, present a customer with viewable purchase transaction data alongside online banking data, which allows a customer to view all customer transactions irrespective of payment means within a single online banking application. The invention identifies and retrieves electronic communications between a merchant and a customer associated with a transaction (such as e-receipts). Subsequently, the invention integrates the e-receipt data into the customer's online banking application for a holistic customer transaction view. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032616 | PERSONAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for utilizing e-receipt data and other electronic communication data between a merchant and customer regarding a transaction to augment data in online banking to create a personal finance management system. The personal finance management system providing a customer with a granular categorization of spending based on item level spend, wherein the finance management incorporates customer transactions completed with any payment means a customer may use (including cash transactions). The invention identifies and retrieves electronic communications between a merchant and a customer associated with a transaction (such as e-receipts). Subsequently, the invention integrates the e-receipt data into a customer's online banking. Utilizing the electronic communications and online banking data the invention builds a personal finance management interface that is based on the transaction level data from the e-receipts and the customer's online banking. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032638 | WARRANTY AND RECALL NOTICE SERVICE BASED ON E-RECEIPT INFORMATION - Disclosed is an aggregation computing system and associated method for providing warranty, safety, and/or insurance notifications to a customer. The aggregation computing system typically includes an aggregation module that is configured for receiving first transaction information associated with a purchase of an item by the customer using a first customer account; extracting a unique identifier from the first transaction information, the unique identifier being associated with the item; receiving second transaction information associated with the purchase, the second transaction information including account identification information associated with the first customer account; matching the first transaction information with the second transaction information and associating the first transaction information with the first customer account; retrieving warranty, safety, and/or insurance information associated with the item based on the unique identifier associated with the item; and transmitting the warranty, safety, and/or insurance information associated with the item to the customer. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032642 | USE OF AN E-RECEIPT TO VERIFY OWNERSHIP AND SERVICE OF A PRODUCT - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for utilizing e-receipt data and other electronic communication data between a merchant and customer regarding a transaction to verify ownership information and maintenance/service information of a product. In one embodiment, a system is configured to: identify and retrieve electronic communications between a merchant and a customer associated with a transaction; determine ownership information and maintenance/service information of the product from the electronic communication; and generate a profile for the product based on the ownership information and maintenance and service information. | 01-29-2015 |
20150039502 | MISAPPROPRIATION PROTECTION BASED ON SHIPPING ADDRESS OR STORE INFO FROM E-RECEIPT - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for utilizing e-receipt data and other electronic communication data between a merchant and customer regarding a transaction to provide misappropriation protection based on address and/or merchant store information associated with the e-receipt or other e-communication. In one embodiment, a system is configured to: identify and retrieve electronic communications between a merchant and a customer associated with a transaction; determine address information or merchant store information from the electronic communication; and determine whether or not the address information or merchant store information triggers a notification or an alert to the customer based at least partially on one or more rules relating to a misappropriation of customer account information. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046304 | ANALYSIS OF E-RECEIPTS FOR CHARITABLE DONATIONS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for analyzing transaction item-identifying data, such as e-receipts, for the purpose of identifying which transactions or items in a transaction qualify as charitable contributions and in some embodiments verifying or confirming that the transaction or items in the transaction are charitable contributions for the purpose of tax deductions. Additionally, the invention may determine the items and/or portion of the overall or item purchase amount that qualifies as a charitable contribution for tax deductions purposes. In addition, the invention provides for automatically communicating verified charitable contribution information to a third party or database that will insure that the charitable contribution receives consideration when the customer's income tax filings are prepared. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046307 | ITEM LEVEL PERSONAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT (PFM) FOR DISCRETIONARY AND NON-DISCRETIONARY SPENDING - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for providing automatic determination of discretionary and non-discretionary spending at a transaction item-level and providing related item-level filtering within a personal financial management application, such as online banking, mobile banking or the like. Such item-level filtering provides the customer with the detail necessary to ascertain the discretionary spend versus non-discretionary spend impact of items on an overall customer budget and to make necessary changes in future purchases so as to positively impact the customer's budget constraints. | 02-12-2015 |
20150052035 | SHARED ACCOUNT FILTERING OF E-RECEIPT DATA BASED ON EMAIL ADDRESS OR OTHER INDICIA - Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are described providing, within a personal finance management application (e.g., online banking, mobile banking or the like), customer-based transaction filtering for shared financial accounts (i.e., joint account or accounts otherwise held by more than one individual/customer). The filtering is configured to present holders of the shared accounts views (e.g., windows, sortable lists or the like) of which transactions, and in some embodiments which items in those transactions, were conducted by which holders of the account. | 02-19-2015 |
20150066687 | USE OF E-RECEIPTS FOR CONSUMPTION TRACKING - Embodiments related to tracking consumer consumption for purchased items are provided. In some embodiments, a system is provided that receives e-receipt data, including stack keeping unit (SKU) level data, from a customer and compares the e-receipt data with transaction data. The system identifies transactions associated with one or more customer goals based on the SKU level data and calculates a first quantity of consumption for each of the identified transactions. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066688 | UNDERSTANDING PAST PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS BASED ON PURCHASE TRANSACTION HISTORY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for understanding past transactions based on purchase history. In some embodiments, an apparatus is configured to receive a request from a customer associated with a financial institution account; retrieve information associated with the request from a structured financial account database; and provide a recommendation to the customer based on the request and the information retrieved. | 03-05-2015 |
20150100416 | STRATEGIC MARKETING BASED ON ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION ANALYSIS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing electronic communications based on interactive marketing analysis. An exemplary apparatus is configured to receive purchase transaction data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer regarding a transaction, wherein the purchase transaction data includes product level data from a transaction, receive interactive marketing data associated with identified electronic communications between a merchant and a customer regarding an offer or advertisement, determine the customer's personal interests based at least partially on an analysis of the purchase transaction data and interactive marketing data, and provide the customer an electronic communication based at least partially on determining the customer will be interested in at least one offer or advertisement, wherein the electronic communication includes the at least one offer or advertisement. | 04-09-2015 |
20150100467 | ANALYZING TRANSACTION ITEM-IDENTIFYING DATA TO DETERMINE WHICH ITEMS IN THE TRANSACTION TO ASSIGN TO INDIVIDUALS OF A GROUP ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSACTION - Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are described for automatically determining which individual, from amongst a group of individuals, for example, a household, should be assigned which items in a transaction for the purpose of assessing budget for the group on a per-individual level. Transaction item-identifying data, such as an e-receipt is analyzed to identify items in a transaction, the transaction is determined to be associated an account that is tied to a group of individuals and the items in the transaction are determined to belong to or otherwise, for budgetary purposes, assignable to an individual belonging to the group. | 04-09-2015 |
20150100468 | E-RECEIPT GENERATION FOR ONLINE BANKING TRANSACTIONS - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for generating an e-receipt for an online banking transaction. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to receive an unstructured e-receipt from a financial institution, the unstructured e-receipt including parameters of an online banking transaction; identify unstructured data associated with the parameters; convert the unstructured data into structured data; and generate a structured e-receipt for the online banking transaction using at least the structured data. In some embodiments, the system associates the e-receipt with a transaction at the financial institution and provides the e-receipt to the customer. The e-receipt allows customers to have a record of an online banking transaction that may not typically have a paper trail. The e-receipt may be used for various purposes and may include structured data fields for ease of analysis. | 04-09-2015 |
20150106243 | AGGREGATION OF ITEM-LEVEL TRANSACTION DATA FOR A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS - Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are provided for that automatically identify transactions and/or items in a transaction that are associated with a group of individuals, such as a family, co-workers, a special interest group, a demographic group a social network group or the like. Once transactions and/or items in the transaction have been identified as being associated with the group, the transaction data associated with the transactions and/or the items in the transactions is aggregated and aggregated views of the data are made accessible to individuals in the group, such as through a financial institution financial management application, e.g., online or mobile banking application. | 04-16-2015 |
20150254635 | LIMITING THE USE OF A TOKEN BASED ON A USER LOCATION - Systems, methods, and computer program products for limiting the use of a token based on a user location are provided. Embodiments of the invention involve a memory device; and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code to: receive a payment authorization request associated with a transaction from a merchant, wherein the payment authorization request comprises a transaction information, wherein the transaction is conducted using a token between a user and a merchant; determine a response associated with the payment authorization request based on one or more limits, wherein the one or more limits are based on at least a user location; and transmit the response associated with the payment authorization request to the merchant. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254638 | ONLINE BANKING DIGITAL WALLET MANAGEMENT - Embodiments are directed to digital wallet management. Embodiments initiate presentation of a digital wallet management interface, comprising initiating presentation of at least one digital wallet; and initiating presentation of at least one representation of at least one payment credential and at least one indication of which of the at least one digital wallets are associated with each of the at least one payment credentials. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254641 | MOBILE DEVICE CREDENTIAL EXPOSURE REDUCTION - Embodiments are directed to reducing digital wallet exposure. Embodiments determine that a potential exposure associated with the apparatus has been detected; determine that the apparatus has at least one associated payment credential; and, in response to determining the potential exposure has been detected and determining that the apparatus has at least one associated payment credential, deactivating the at least one payment credential. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254642 | DIGITAL WALLET EXPOSURE REDUCTION - Embodiments are directed to reducing digital wallet exposure. Embodiments determine that a potential exposure associated with a first payment credential associated with a digital wallet has been detected; determine that the digital wallet has at least one additional associated payment credential; and, in response to determining the potential exposure has been detected and determining that the digital wallet has at least one additional associated payment credential, initiate at least one exposure reduction measure intended to reduce potential exposure to the at least one additional associated payment credential. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254643 | CUSTOMER TOKEN PREFERENCES INTERFACE - Embodiments are directed to token management. Embodiments initiate presentation of a digital wallet management interface including initiating presentation of a digital wallet; initiating presentation of an original token associated with the digital wallet; initiating presentation of a toggle switch comprising a first position and a second position and associated with the original token and configured for graphical manipulation by the user between the first position and the second position, wherein the first position corresponds to the original token being available for use as a payment credential; and where the second position corresponds to the original token being unavailable for use as a payment credential. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254644 | CREDENTIAL PAYMENT OBLIGATION VISIBILITY - Embodiments are directed to payment credential management. Embodiments determine one or more payment obligations associated with a payment credential; initiate presentation of a payment credential management interface, including initiating presentation of a representation of the payment credential; and initiating presentation of the one or more payment obligations associated with the payment credential. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254645 | PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL ACCOUNT INFORMATION IN DIGITAL WALLETS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing supplemental account information in digital wallets. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: receive a request to receive supplemental account information related to an account payment credential associated with a digital wallet; authenticate the user's identity based at least partially on one or more authentication credentials by verifying the user is an account holder associated with the account; in response to authenticating the user's identity, receive access to an application programming interface configured to push supplemental account information to digital wallets associated with the payment credential; receive, via the application programming interface from the at least one database, supplemental information related to the payment credential; and present, on a display of the mobile device, the supplemental information related to the payment credential. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254647 | FLEXIBLE FUNDING ACCOUNT TOKEN ASSOCIATIONS - Embodiments for flexible funding of tokens include systems and methods for generating tokens and associating the tokens with an account. The systems allow the user to select the token for a transaction. The systems further receive transaction data associated with the transaction and compare the transaction data with token parameters. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254650 | CONTROLLING TOKEN ISSUANCE BASED ON EXPOSURE - Embodiments described herein relate to an invention for providing a new token to a consumer for use in a pending transaction based on a determined level of exposure is provided. The systems, methods, and computer program products are configured to: (a) receive information associated with a purchase transaction involving a payment vehicle; (b) determine a potential exposure to loss based at least partially on the information associated with the purchase transaction; (c) in response to determining the potential exposure to loss, generate a token mitigating the potential exposure to loss prior to completing the purchase transaction; and (d) complete the purchase transaction based on the generated token. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254652 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE TOKEN - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for a system for providing a virtual value token. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to receive a request for a token associated with a virtual value; generate the token associated with the virtual value, wherein the virtual value is funded via a known currency; determine that a user is initiating a transaction using the token; determine a local currency for the transaction; convert, using a computing device processor, at least a portion of the virtual value into a converted amount in the local currency; and complete the transaction using the converted amount of the token. The virtual value may be based on a defined value, such as a known amount on a specific day, or a relative value, such as the current value of an underlying asset. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254653 | FORMATION AND FUNDING OF A SHARED TOKEN - Embodiments of the present invention disclose utilizing a token associated with a payment device. Particularly, embodiments of the present invention may create a single token for use by a plurality of users on one or more of the payment devices of each user. The token may be made available for use by various users that can be added and removed as the group of users associated with the token changes. The token may be associated with various types of accounts, such as but not limited to a business account from a business client, a retail account from a retail client, or other like clients. In some embodiments the token may be associated with a specific account that already has funds in the account, or the token may be associated with a specific account that is unfunded or a new account that the users associated with the token may fund. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254655 | ATM TOKEN CASH WITHDRAWAL - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for managing financial tokens associated with a financial account, whereby the systems, methods, and computer program products are directed towards generating and authenticating tokens associated with the financial account in order to grant access to a user to conduct financial transactions on the financial account using an Automated Teller Machine (ATM). The system, methods, and computer program products are configured to generate a server token, wherein the server token is associated with at least one financial account; communicate, to a first mobile device, a server packet, wherein the server packet comprises at least the server token; receive, from an ATM, a security packet communicated from a second mobile device to the ATM, wherein the security packet comprises at least a device token; authenticate the device token, the authentication comprising comparing the device token with the server token, thereby resulting in a successful authentication of the device token; and communicate the successful authentication to the ATM. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254656 | ACCOUNT TOKEN ASSOCIATIONS BASED ON SPENDING THRESHOLDS - Embodiments for providing token-account associations based on spending thresholds include systems and methods for generating tokens and associating the tokens with an account. The systems set parameters for the token, where the token parameters include at least a transaction amount maximum. The systems further receive transaction data associated with the transaction and compare the transaction data with the token parameters. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254657 | LIMITING TOKEN COLLABORATION NETWORK USAGE BY USER - The present invention includes an apparatus, method, and computer program product for use in a token based financial transaction system, whereby the apparatus applies transaction sensitive limits to a proposed financial transaction for purposes of approving, denying, or partially funding a token based financial transaction. The present invention is configured to: determine one or more limits associated with the token, wherein the one or more limits define which financial transactions will be authorized; process a request to execute a transaction, wherein processing the request includes determining if the one or more limits associated with the user are met based on transaction information; allow the transaction in response to determining when the one or more limits are met; and deny the transaction in response to determining when the one or more limits fail to be met. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254658 | LIMITING TOKEN COLLABORATION NETWORK USAGE BY TOKEN - The present invention includes an apparatus, method, and computer program product for use in a token based financial transaction system, whereby the apparatus applies transaction sensitive limits to a proposed financial transaction for purposes of approving, denying, or partially funding a token based financial transaction. The present invention is configured to: determine one or more limits associated with the token, wherein the one or more limits define which financial transactions will be authorized; process a request to execute a transaction, wherein processing the request includes determining if the one or more limits associated with the user are met based on transaction information; allow the transaction in response to determining when the one or more limits are met; and deny the transaction in response to determining when the one or more limits fail to be met. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254663 | TOKEN USAGE SCALING BASED ON DETERMINED LEVEL OF EXPOSURE - The present invention includes an apparatus and method configured to: receive a request to complete a financial transaction, wherein the request includes a token that is associated with a financial account from which funds are provided to pay for the financial transaction. The system and method determines transaction information associated with the financial transaction and then determines both: a limit associated with the token and/or the financial account associated with the token; and one or more exceptions to the limit. In some embodiments, the system and method determine that the financial transaction triggers the limit and then determines whether the financial transaction qualifies for an exception to the limit based on a comparison of the transaction information to the one or more exceptions. In an embodiment, the financial transaction is authorized when the financial transaction triggers the limit but qualifies for the exception to the limit. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254664 | TOKEN COLLABORATION NETWORK - Embodiments of the present invention disclose utilizing a token associated with a payment device. Particularly, embodiments of the present invention may create a single token for use by a plurality of users on one or more of the payment devices of each user. The token may be made available for use by various users that can be added and removed as the group of users associated with the token changes. The token may be associated with various types of accounts, such as but not limited to a business account from a business client, a retail account from a retail client, or other like clients. In some embodiments the token may be associated with a specific account that already has funds in the account, or the token may be associated with a specific account that is unfunded or a new account that the users associated with the token may fund. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254665 | AUTHORIZING A TEMPORARY TOKEN FOR A USER - Systems, methods, and computer program products for authorizing a temporary token for a user are provided. Embodiments of the invention involve a memory device; and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code to: associate a token with a financial institution account that is associated with a user; receive one or more limits from an administrator associated with the financial institution account, wherein the one or more limits comprise at least a time period limit; apply the one or more limits to the token to limit the use of the financial institution account associated with the token to within the confines of the one or more limits; and transmit the token or token information associated with the token to the user for use in one or more transactions. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254698 | PROVIDING OFFERS ASSOCIATED WITH PAYMENT CREDENTIALS AUTHENTICATED IN A SPECIFIC DIGITAL WALLET - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing supplemental account information in digital wallets. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: receive a request to provide a digital wallet on a user's mobile device, authenticate at least one payment credential for use within the digital wallet; receive access to an application programming interface configured to push offers to digital wallets, wherein the application programming interface is associated with at least one database maintained by the digital wallet provider; receive, via the application programming interface one or more offers from the at least one database, wherein the offers include at least one incentive for processing payments using the at least one payment credential associated with the digital wallet; and present, to the user on a display of the mobile device, the one or more offers. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254699 | PROVIDING OFFERS ASSOCIATED WITH PAYMENT CREDENTIALS IN DIGITAL WALLETS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for providing supplemental account information in digital wallets. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: receive a request to provide a digital wallet maintained by a digital wallet provider; authenticate at least one payment credential for use within the digital wallet; receive access to an application programming interface configured to push offers to digital wallets, wherein the application programming interface is associated with at least one database maintained by the digital wallet provider; receive, via the application programming interface one or more offers from the at least one database, wherein the offers include incentives for processing payments using the at least one payment credential associated with the digital wallet; and present, to the user on a display of the mobile device, the one or more offers. | 09-10-2015 |
20150254770 | FOREIGN CROSS-ISSUED TOKEN - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for a system for providing a multi-currency token. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to receive a request for a multi-currency token, wherein the multi-currency token is associated with at least two financial institution partners; determine a value of the multi-currency token; establish currency conversion parameters for the multi-currency token based on at least one of the value of the multi-currency token and a conversion rate between currencies associated with the at least two financial institution partners; determine that a transaction is being performed with the multi-currency token, the transaction associated with a local currency; and complete the transaction with the multi-currency token in the local currency when the local currency is a currency associated with at least one of the financial institution partners. | 09-10-2015 |
20150363769 | Cryptocurrency Real-Time Conversion System - A system comprises a memory operable to store a set of conversion rules. The system also comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is able to receive an electronic request for a cryptocurrency conversion requesting a conversion of a first currency into a second currency, wherein the second currency is a cryptocurrency. The processor is further able to retrieve price data associated with the first and second currencies and determine whether the conversion is optimal. In response to determining the conversion is optimal, the processor determines a plurality of exchange rates associated with converting the first currency into the second currency and determines an optimal exchange rate of the plurality of exchange rates. The processor is further able to initiate, essentially simultaneously as the determination that the conversion is optimal, converting the first currency into the second currency. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363772 | CRYPTOCURRENCY ONLINE VAULT STORAGE SYSTEM - A system may include a memory and processor. The processor may be configured to receive an electronic request to store a private key associated with a cryptocurrency. The processor may also be configured to generate a first vault key based at least in part upon the private key and generate a second vault key based at least in part upon the private key. The processor may also be able to facilitate the storage of the first vault key at a first data center and facilitate the storage of the second vault key at a second data center. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363773 | Cryptocurrency Aggregation System - A system includes a memory and a processor. The memory may store a customer account associated with a customer and an enterprise account associated with an enterprise. The processor may be communicatively coupled to the memory and may cause the system to receive a request to deposit a first amount of a cryptocurrency in the customer account from the customer. The processor may also cause the system to determine a public key associated with the customer account and receive the first amount of the cryptocurrency. The processor may further cause the system to determine a first value approximately equivalent to the first amount of cryptocurrency and associate the first value with the customer account. The processor is further able to aggregate the first amount of cryptocurrency with an aggregated amount of the cryptocurrency in the enterprise account and facilitate securing the public key in the enterprise account. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363778 | CRYPTOCURRENCY ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEM - A system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor may communicate with an electronic payment service, the electronic payment service providing a virtual account associated with the customer and determine that the customer initiated a request for a financial transaction, the financial transaction configured to transfer an amount of currency from the virtual account to a destination. The processor is also able to validate the financial transaction based at least upon data received from the electronic payment service and determine the customer account is associated with the virtual account based at least upon data received from the electronic payment service. The processor also may determine a quantity of cryptocurrency equivalent to the amount of currency (the quantity of cryptocurrency associated with the customer account) and transfer the quantity of cryptocurrency to the electronic payment service. | 12-17-2015 |