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US 11,829,960 · App. 17/410,706 · Granted Nov 28, 2023

Supplemental data transmission for network transactions

Inventors: Dorothy Jean Bolt (San Antonio, TX); Michael L. Hertz (San Antonio, TX); Joseph Matthew Doddato (Boerne, TX); Gunjan C. Vijayvergia (San Antonio, TX); James Malcolm Spears (San Antonio, TX)
Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
G06Q20/02G06Q20/3255
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Patent No.
US 11,829,960
App. No.
17/410,706
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

Techniques are described for using a supplemental data layer of a real time payments channel to send data. For example, an entity may request a transaction with another entity, and the transaction may be performed using a channel that includes a supplemental data layer. Supplemental data, in addition to the data for the transaction itself, may be communicated using the supplemental data layer to entities involved in the transaction, and/or to third parties. The supplemental data may be sent in real time with respect to the sending of the data for the transaction. In some instances, supplemental data layer is present in one or both directions in the two-way communications between the entities involved in the transaction. The supplemental data layer can be leveraged to provide additional information and/or services to a user involved in the transaction.

Claims (32)

1. A method performed by at least one processor, the method comprising:

detecting, by at least one processor, transaction data, the transaction data:

representing a payment to be made by a user to an account of a recipient, wherein the payment is a certified electronic payment for a purchase during an auction for a real property, a vehicle, or an artwork; and

wherein the transaction data representing the payment for the purchase during the auction for the real property, the vehicle, or the artwork is transmitted, over at least one network, using transaction data layer of a communication channel that provides both the transaction data layer and a supplemental data layer;

in response to detecting the transaction data transmitted by the transaction data layer of the communication channel, processing, using the supplemental data layer of the communication channel, data representing certification information indicating that a financial institution certifies a fund for making the certified electronic payment on behalf of the user in real time;

receiving an authorization of the user to make the certified electronic payment to the account of the recipient;

in response to receiving the authorization, transmitting, by at least one processor and using the supplemental data layer of the communication channel, to the account of the recipient, supplemental data comprising (i) payment information indicating that the certified fund is sent to the account of the recipient as the certified electronic payment and (ii) the certification information by using the supplemental data layer of the communication channel,

wherein transmitting the supplemental data comprises: transmitting the certification information in real time in response to detecting the transaction data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment is required to be made using a certified fund.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the certification information includes a digital certificate of the fund.

4. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

detecting transaction data, the transaction data:

representing a payment to be made by a user to an account of a recipient, wherein the payment is a certified electronic payment for a purchase during an auction for a real property, a vehicle, or an artwork; and

wherein the transaction data representing the payment for the purchase during the auction for the real property, the vehicle, or the artwork is transmitted, over at least one network, using transaction data layer of a communication channel that provides both the transaction data layer and a supplemental data layer;

in response to detecting the transaction data transmitted by the transaction data layer of the communication channel, processing, using the supplemental data layer of the communication channel, data representing certification information indicating that a financial institution certifies a fund for making the certified electronic payment on behalf of the user in real time;

receiving an authorization of the user to make the certified electronic payment to the account of the recipient;

in response to receiving the authorization, transmitting, by at least one processor and using the supplemental data layer of the communication channel, to the account of the recipient, supplemental data comprising (i) payment information indicating that the certified fund is sent to the account of the recipient as the certified electronic payment and (ii) the certification information by using the supplemental data layer of the communication channel,

wherein transmitting the supplemental data comprises: transmitting the certification information in real time in response to detecting the transaction data.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the payment is required to be made using a certified fund.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the certification information includes a digital certificate of the fund.

7. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

detecting transaction data, the transaction data:

representing a payment to be made by a user to an account of a recipient, wherein the payment is a certified electronic payment for a purchase during an auction for a real property, a vehicle, or an artwork; and

wherein the transaction data representing the payment for the purchase during the auction for the real property, the vehicle, or the artwork is transmitted, over at least one network, using transaction data layer of a communication channel that provides both the transaction data layer and a supplemental data layer;

in response to detecting the transaction data transmitted by the transaction data layer of the communication channel, processing, using the supplemental data layer of the communication channel, data representing certification information indicating that a financial institution certifies a fund for making the certified electronic payment on behalf of the user in real time;

receiving an authorization of the user to make the certified electronic payment to the account of the recipient;

in response to receiving the authorization, transmitting, by at least one processor and using the supplemental data layer of the communication channel, to the account of the recipient, supplemental data comprising (i) payment information indicating that the certified fund is sent to the account of the recipient as the certified electronic payment and (ii) the certification information by using the supplemental data layer of the communication channel,

wherein transmitting the supplemental data comprises: transmitting the certification information in real time in response to detecting the transaction data.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the payment is required to be made using a certified fund.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the certification information includes a digital certificate of the fund.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2021
From: BOLT, DOROTHY JEAN; HERTZ, MICHAEL L.; DODDATO, JOSEPH MATTHEW; VIJAYVERGIA, GUNJAN C.; SPEARS, JAMES MALCOLM
To: UIPCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 057275/0363 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2021
From: UIPCO, LLC
To: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
Reel/Frame 057275/0418 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15915900 · Mar 8, 2018
Provisional Application 62469035 · Mar 9, 2017
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