Method and system to create and distribute excess funds from consumer spending transactions
US8025217B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q20/102
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a system for accumulating credits from a customer account belonging to the customer and managed by an institution and placing the credits into a provider account. The system includes an information processor including a data store with data identifying the customer, the rounding determinant, the managed institution, and the account. The data store includes data authorizing the processor to access and read the customer account and further includes data to calculate rounders after receiving a plurality of payment transactions from the read customer account and to calculate an excess based on the rounders. The data store also includes data to withdraw the excess from the customer account and data to transfer the withdrawn excess to the provider account.
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