Patent ID: 7962407
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating an amount associated with a transaction, the method comprising: receiving, at a first financial account issuer server, a request to debit the amount from a first financial account having a first identifier, wherein the first financial account issuer issued the first financial account, and wherein the first financial account issuer comprises a server; acquiring, by the first financial account issuer server, an allocation rule associated with the first identifier; transforming, by the first financial account issuer server, an allocation instruction based on the allocation rule; facilitating debiting, by the first financial account issuer server and based upon the allocation rule, a first portion of the amount from the first financial account; and, allocating, by the first financial account issuer server and based upon the allocation rule, a second portion of the amount to a second financial account having a second identifier, wherein a second financial account issuer server issued the second financial account, wherein the second financial account issuer server is different from the first financial account issuer server, and wherein the second financial account issuer server debits the second portion of the amount from the second financial account.