IP Library Granted Patent US 10,915,977
Granted Patent B1
US 10,915,977 · App. 16/887,977 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Customer incapacity management

Inventors: Joe Hattaway (Charlotte, NC); Kourtney Eidam (Sunnyside, NY); Michael Thomas Duke (Monroe, NC)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
G06Q50/186G06Q40/00
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Patent No.
US 10,915,977
App. No.
16/887,977
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

Financial communications can be managed to account for customer incapacity. A determination can be made that a primary responder is unable to receive or respond to a financial communication due to incapacity. The determination can be made based on a change in account activity or a lack of responsiveness. Based on a type of the financial communication, a secondary responder can be identified, and the financial communication of the primary responder is sent to the secondary responder.

Claims (33)

1. A system, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

determine a primary responder is unable to receive a financial communication due to incapacity based on a change in account activity, wherein the change comprises an absence of account logins;

identify a type of the financial communication;

determine a secondary responder based on the type; and

send the financial communication of the primary responder to the secondary responder.

2. The system of claim 1 , the instructions further cause the processor to determine the primary responder is unable to receive the financial communication based on a failure to respond to a confirmation request.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the change in the account activity further comprises consistent healthcare related charges.

4. The system of claim 1 , the instructions further cause the processor to:

detect a change in account activity;

send the primary responder a confirmation request after the change is detected; and

determine the primary responder is unable to receive the financial communication based on a failure to respond to the confirmation request.

5. The system of claim 1 , the instructions further cause the processor to prevent future financial communications from being sent to the secondary responder after the primary responder interrupts communications.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein communications are interrupted when the primary responder responds to a confirmation request.

7. The system of claim 1 , the instructions further cause the processor to send the financial communication to the primary responder and the secondary responder.

8. The system of claim 1 , the instructions further cause the processor to request that the secondary responder accept the financial communication prior to the financial communication being sent to the secondary responder.

9. A method, comprising:

executing, on a processor, instructions that cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

sending a confirmation request to a primary responder based on detecting an increase in healthcare related transactions;

determining the primary responder is unable to receive a financial communication due to incapacity based on a failure to respond to the confirmation request;

identifying a type of the financial communication;

determining a secondary responder based on the type; and

sending the financial communication of the primary responder to the secondary responder.

10. The method of claim 9 , the operations further comprising sending the financial communication to the primary responder and the secondary responder.

11. The method of claim 9 , the operations further comprising preventing future financial communications from being sent to the secondary responder after intervention by the primary responder.

12. The method of claim 9 , the operations further comprising sending a request to the secondary responder to accept the financial communication.

13. The method of claim 12 , the operations further comprising locating a different secondary responder and sending a request to the different secondary responder to accept the financial communication when the secondary responder fails to accept the financial communication.

14. A method, comprising:

determining that a primary responder is unable to receive a financial communication due to incapacity;

identifying a type of the financial communication;

determining a secondary responder based on the type; and

sending the financial communication of the primary responder to the secondary responder unless the primary responder interrupts the financial communication.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising determining the primary responder is unable to receive the financial communication based on changes in account activity.

Assignments (2)
ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Jun 2, 2025
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 071769/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2020
From: HATTAWAY, JOE; EIDAM, KOURTNEY; DUKE, MICHAEL THOMAS
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053073/0992 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16659119 · Oct 21, 2019
Continuation 14992633 · Jan 11, 2016
Provisional Application 62263308 · Dec 4, 2015