Transaction tracing in a network environment

US9760874B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bank of America Corporation · US

Inventors

• Farrukh Zaidi · Great Neck, US
• Husam Abu-Zaydeh · East Brunswick Township, US
• Brian E. Doyle · Scotch Plains, US
• Jason A. Alizzi · York, US
• Sunil R. Bangad · Kendall Park, US
• Sridhar Seetharaman · Richardson, US
• Benjamin Wu · Monmouth Junction, US
• Robert Bosi · Plainsboro, US
• Morgan S. Allen · Waxhaw, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 6, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L43/14
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a system for tracking electronic transactions in a network environment includes a network entry point that may receive a transaction request, the transaction request comprising a communications protocol. The network entry point may generate a unique identifier and insert the unique identifier into the transaction request. The network entry point may then communicate the transaction request and the unique identifier to a first network device using the communications protocol. The network entry point may create a first transaction report associated with the transaction request and communicate the first transaction report to a transaction module. The first network device may receive the transaction request and the unique identifier from the network entry point, process the transaction request, create a second transaction report associated with the transaction request; and communicate the second transaction report to the transaction module, the second transaction report comprising the unique identifier.