Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for dividing a remittance and distributing a portion of the funds to multiple investment products
- Patent Title (中): 分配汇款并将部分资金分配给多种投资产品的制度和方法
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Application No.: US11873951Application Date: 2007-10-17
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Publication No.: US07653596B2Publication Date: 2010-01-26
- Inventor: Suzanne P Crane , Marcus Sheire , Mark D Sweazy , Bonnie Schlegel , Joan Prairie , Rockell Metcalf
- Applicant: Suzanne P Crane , Marcus Sheire , Mark D Sweazy , Bonnie Schlegel , Joan Prairie , Rockell Metcalf
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00

Abstract:
A known charge card billing system communicates with an investment broker system, wherein the investment broker system includes an instruction arrangement database, payment hierarchy and an investment account. An interested cardholder suitably appoints the charge card administrator as a processing agent to collect and promptly remit the cardholder's voluntary, periodic payments for investment into preselected investment products, such as, for example, mutual fund shares, fixed annuities, variable annuities, CDs, insurance, certificates, equities and/or the like. The billing system distributes a billing statement at the end of each month, wherein the statement includes all of the charges for that month and a reminder to remit an additional dollar amount for the preselected investments. The cardholder then sends a single payment for the charges and the investments to the charge card administrator. After receiving the payment, the system appropriately unbundles the payment and distributes the remitted payment to the card account to satisfy the captured financial events and to the investment broker system for the purchase of investment products.
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