Systems and methods for real-time account access

US11562334B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FIDELITY INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC · US

Inventors

• Neil Marcous · Bay Head, US
• Robert Woodbury · Flemington, US
• Peter Gordon · Sharon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2023
• Expiry date: May 13, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/40
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for real-time account access, allowing access to accounts (such as deposit, credit, or debit accounts) through network processing infrastructures such as Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). In some embodiments, consumers and/or merchants are able to effect transaction requests against accounts, using a pseudo-identifier or other identifier, and without the need to provide an account number or card number. In other embodiments, payment networks are able to route and process transaction requests against accounts, without having a card number or account number. In other embodiments, account processing systems are able to determine an appropriate account based on transaction requests that do not contain card numbers or account numbers.