IP Library Granted Patent US 10,289,985
Granted Patent B2
US 10,289,985 · App. 14/854,720 · Granted May 14, 2019

Methods of constructing a paper check

Inventors: Steven Davis (Hawthorne, NY); Seth Oestreicher (Hawthorne, NY); Robert Northrop (Hawthorne, NY); Martin Klamen (Hawthorne, NY)
Assignee: EFT NETWORK, INC.
G06Q20/042G06Q20/3221G06Q20/3224G06Q40/128
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,289,985
App. No.
14/854,720
Granted
May 14, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

For a consumer having a bank checking account but who is without a preprinted paper check, a paper check is electronically constructed for the consumer on a transaction basis.

Claims (41)

1. A method of constructing a paper check, comprising:

generating, performed by a computer, a transaction number for a new transaction in which a payor is expected to pay a payee by paper check;

receiving, performed by a computer, a set of data that has been entered by a human into data input fields and associating, performed by, a computer, the set of data with the transaction number, wherein the data set comprises:

a Name of the Payor;

a Name of the Payee;

an Amount to be paid by paper check by the Payor to the Payee;

a number proffered by the payor as being a Routing Number of a bank account of the Payor;

at least one selected from the group consisting of a Telephone Number of the Payor and an email of the Payor;

processing and formatting, performed by a computer, the data set into at least one webpage specific to the transaction number, wherein the webpage comprises an image of a front of a check payable to the Payee for the Amount and in which the Routing Number displays at a bottom of the check;

transmitting, performed by a computer, an electronic communication to a payor-associated electronic device having an IP address or a payor-associated computer having an IP address, wherein the electronic communication comprises a link to a website, wherein when the link is clicked-on, the at least one webpage specific to the transaction number is displayed on the payor-associated electronic device or the payor-associated computer;

when the webpage is accessed via a smart phone, capturing a GPS location of the smart phone;

after capturing the GPS location of the smart phone, printing, in MICR toner ink, the captured GPS location onto the paper check;

after the step of printing, in MICR toner ink, the captured GPS location onto the paper check, scanning the paper check;

receiving, performed by a computer, a digital signature from the payor-associated electronic device or the payor-associated computer;

after receiving the digital signature, constructing an image of a payor-signed check signed by the Payor payable to the Payee for the Amount and in which the Routing Number displays at the bottom of the check.

2. The paper check-constructing method of claim 1 , further comprising printing, in MICR toner ink, the image of the payor-signed check onto paper.

3. The paper check-constructing method of claim 1 , wherein the data set further comprises an expiration date setting when the link to be sent to the payor is to expire.

4. The paper check-constructing method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting step comprises transmitting an electronic communication to a payor-associated smart phone.

5. The paper check-constructing method of claim 1 , further comprising capturing, performed by a computer, the IP address in usage when the webpage specific to the transaction number is being accessed.

6. The paper check-constructing method of claim 1 , further comprising storing, as permanent records, an identity of an IP address from which the webpage specific to the transaction number is accessed and a date and time of the webpage access from that IP address.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the link is a one-time-use link.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the constructed check consists of paper and MICR ink, a MICR ink-printed payor signature and a MICR ink-printed GPS location being included.

9. A method of constructing a consumer check, comprising:

prompting a user to take a certain photograph;

prompting the user to email the photograph to a system comprising at least one computer, wherein the photograph is sent via smart phone;

upon receiving the photograph by the system, for the photograph sent via smart phone, capturing, performed by the system, a GPS location of the smart phone; and

processing the received photograph, along with other received data, into a signed consumer check, wherein the processing is performed by the system;

after capturing the GPS location of the smart phone, printing, in MICR toner ink, the captured GPS location onto the paper check;

after the step of printing, in MICR toner ink, the captured GPS location onto the paper check, scanning the paper check.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising printing onto paper, in MICR toner ink, the signed check.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the consumer check consists of paper and MICR ink, a MICR ink-printed payor signature and a MICR ink-printed GPS location being included.

12. A method of constructing a paper check, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising at least one computer, a data set from a payee or payor contemplating a paper check to be constructed in which the payor pays the payee;

constructing a webpage specific to the to-be-constructed paper check;

prompting the payor to view the webpage specific to the to-be-constructed paper check; and

upon the webpage specific to the to-be-constructed paper check being accessed, capturing an IP address from which the webpage specific to the to-be-constructed paper check was accessed;

when the webpage is accessed via a smart phone, capturing a GPS location of the smart phone;

after capturing the GPS location of the smart phone, printing, in MICR toner ink, the captured GPS location onto the paper check;

after the step of printing, in MICR toner ink, the captured GPS location onto the paper check, scanning the paper check.

13. The paper check-constructing method of claim 12 , further comprising printing onto paper, in MICR toner ink, a signed paper check.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the paper check consists of paper and MICR ink, a MICR ink-printed payor signature and a MICR ink-printed GPS location being included.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2024
From: EFT NETWORK, INC.
To: PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066847/0117 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2015
From: DAVIS, STEVEN; OESTREICHER, SETH; NORTHROP, ROBERT; KLAMEN, MARTIN
To: EFT NETWORK, INC.
Reel/Frame 036580/0918 →
Continuity (1)
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