IP Library Granted Patent US 10,878,496
Granted Patent B1
US 10,878,496 · App. 15/218,476 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Credit line adjustment system

Inventors: Tai T. Duong (Des Moines, IA); Joanna J. Prebeck (Johnston, IA); Alexander Foote (West Chester, PA); Oyenola Ogunyemi-Craig (North Brunswick, NJ); Gerald Guinn (Concord, CA)
Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
G06Q40/025G06Q30/0207
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Patent No.
US 10,878,496
App. No.
15/218,476
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A credit line adjustment system that initiates and processes credit line increases and/or credit line allocations between multiple credit lines in response to credit line adjustment triggering events. In some examples, the system can obtain, for at least one existing credit line provided by an account provider to an account holder, information about a credit line adjustment triggering event. The system can also initiate a credit line adjustment for the account holder in response to the credit line adjustment triggering event, the credit line adjustment including an increase in the credit limit on the at least one existing credit line.

Claims (55)

1. A credit line adjustment system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory encoding instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

detect, using a positioning device of an electronic device of a credit line holder, a physical proximity of the electronic device to a store of a merchant, the credit line holder having a plurality of credit lines provided by a credit line provider, the plurality of credit lines being accessible to the credit line holder via the electronic device;

determine that the detected physical proximity is within a predetermined proximity of the store, the detect and the determine being based on a strength of a Wi-Fi network of the store, the detected physical proximity causing:

a first server associated with the merchant to send information regarding a sales promotion for a product at the store; and

a second server associated with the credit account provider to receive the information regarding the sales promotion, the information including a purchase price for the product in response to the receive the information:

send, by the second server, a recommendation for a credit line adjustment for the credit line holder to purchase the product with an adjusted first credit line of the plurality of credit lines, the recommendation being based on the purchase price and the detected physical proximity;

receive, by the electronic device, the recommendation;

generate, in response to the receive the recommendation, a graphical display interface at the electronic device;

generate first, second, and third options for performing the recommended credit line adjustment,

wherein the graphical display interface includes a first selectable graphical element, corresponding to the first option, for selecting an increase in the first credit line of the plurality of credit lines;

wherein the graphical display interface includes a second selectable graphical element, corresponding to the second option, for selecting a credit reallocation from at least a second credit line of the plurality of credit lines to the first credit line;

receive, via the graphical display interface, a selection of one or more of the first graphical element, the second graphical element, and a third graphical element; and

initiate the recommended credit line adjustment based on the selection,

wherein the initiated credit line adjustment in response to the selection of the first graphical element is the increase in the first credit line without a credit reallocation;

wherein the initiated credit line adjustment in response to the selection of the second graphical element is entirely the credit reallocation; and

wherein the initiated credit line adjustment in response to the selections of both the first and the second graphical elements or in response to the selection of the third graphical element includes a non-zero reallocation portion entirely from the credit reallocation and a non-zero increase portion without a credit reallocation, the reallocation portion being less than the increase in the first credit line in response to the selection of the first graphical element, and the increase portion being less than the credit reallocation in response to the selection of the second graphical element.

2. A computer implemented method, comprising:

evaluating a credit line holder's eligibility for a credit line adjustment on a first existing credit line of a plurality of credit lines of the credit line holder, the credit line holder having a plurality of credit lines provided by a credit line provider, the credit lines being accessible to the credit line holder via an electronic device of the credit line holder;

detecting, using a positioning device of the electronic device, a physical proximity of the electronic device to a store of a merchant;

determining that the detected physical proximity is within a predetermined proximity of the store, the detecting and the determining being based on a strength of a Wi-Fi network of the store, the detected physical proximity causing:

a first server associated with the merchant to send information regarding a sales promotion for a product at the store; and

a second server associated with the credit account provider to receive the information regarding the sales promotion, the information including a purchase price for the product;

in response to receiving the information:

sending, by the second server, a recommendation for a credit line adjustment for the credit line holder to purchase the product with an adjusted first credit line of the plurality of credit lines, the recommendation being based on the purchase price and the detected physical proximity;

receiving, by the electronic device, the recommendation;

generating, in response to the receiving the recommendation, a graphical display interface at the electronic device;

generating first, second, and third options for performing the recommended credit line adjustment,

wherein the graphical display interface includes a first selectable graphical element, corresponding to the first option, for selecting an increase in the first credit line of the plurality of credit lines;

wherein the graphical display interface includes a second selectable graphical element, corresponding to the second option, for selecting a credit reallocation from at least a second credit line of the plurality of credit lines to the first credit line;

receiving, via the graphical display interface, a selection of one or more of the first graphical element, the second graphical element, and a third graphical element; and

initiating the recommended credit line adjustment based on the selection;

wherein the initiated credit line adjustment in response to the selection of the first graphical element is the increase in the first credit line without a credit reallocation;

wherein the initiated credit line adjustment in response to the selection of the second graphical element is entirely the credit reallocation; and

wherein the initiated credit line adjustment in response to the selections of both the first and the second graphical elements or in response to the selection of the third graphical element includes a non-zero reallocation portion entirely from the credit reallocation and a non-zero increase portion without a credit reallocation, the reallocation portion being less than the increase in the first credit line in response to the selection of the first graphical element, and the increase portion being less than the credit reallocation in response to the selection of the second graphical element.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

evaluate a credit line holder's eligibility for a credit line adjustment on a first existing credit line of a plurality of credit lines of the credit line holder, the credit line holder having a plurality of credit lines provided by a credit line provider, the credit lines being accessible to the credit line holder via an electronic device of the credit line holder;

determine that the credit line holder is eligible for a credit line adjustment on a first credit line of the plurality of credit lines;

detect, using a positioning device of the electronic device, a physical proximity of the electronic device to a store of a merchant

determine that the detected physical proximity is within a predetermined proximity of the store, the detecting and the determining being based on a strength of a Wi-Fi network of the store, the detected physical proximity causing:

a first server associated with the merchant to send information regarding a sales promotion for a product at the store; and

a second server associated with the credit account provider to receive the information regarding the sales promotion, the information including a purchase price for the product;

in response to receive the information:

send, by the second server, a recommendation for a credit line adjustment for the credit line holder to purchase the product with an adjusted first credit line of the plurality of credit lines, the recommendation being based on the purchase price and the detected physical proximity;

receive, by the electronic device, the recommendation;

generate, in response to the receiving the recommendation, a graphical display interface at the electronic device;

generate first, second, and third options for performing the recommended credit line adjustment,

wherein the graphical display interface includes a first selectable graphical element, corresponding to the first option, for selecting an increase in the first credit line of the plurality of credit lines;

wherein the graphical display interface includes a second selectable graphical element, corresponding to the second option, for selecting a credit reallocation from at least a second credit line of the plurality of credit lines to the first credit line;

receive, via the graphical display interface, a selection of one or more of the first graphical element, the second graphical element, and a third graphical element; and

initiate the recommended credit line adjustment based on the selection,

wherein the initiated credit line adjustment in response to the selection of the first graphical element is the increase in the first credit line without a credit reallocation;

wherein the initiated credit line adjustment in response to the selection of the second graphical element is entirely the credit reallocation; and

wherein the initiated credit line adjustment in response to the selections of both the first and the second graphical elements or in response to the selection of the third graphical element includes a non-zero reallocation portion entirely from the credit reallocation and non-zero increase portion without a credit reallocation, the reallocation portion being less than the increase in the first credit line in response to the selection of the first graphical element, and the increase portion being less than the credit reallocation in response to the selection of the second graphical element.

Assignments (2)
STATEMENT OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE Recorded Jun 17, 2025
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 071649/0465 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2019
From: DUONG, TAI T.; PREBECK, JOANNA J.; FOOTE, ALEXANDER; OGUNYEMI-CRAIG, OYENOLA; GUINN, GERALD
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 048740/0798 →
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