Patent ID: 7444304
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of using a computer to monitor financial transactions, the method comprising: periodically receiving at a computer system a target account identifier of a suspect account; receiving financial transaction information at the computer system, the financial transaction information including transaction records for a plurality of financial transactions that each have at least one associated account identifier, wherein the financial transaction information is received at the computer system immediately after or while the financial transactions occur, and wherein a plurality of the associated account identifiers are different from the target account identifiers; at the computer system, comparing the target account identifier with the transaction information as the financial transaction information is received at the computer system to determine if the target account identifier matches any of the account identifiers of the transaction information; upon the occurrence of a match, generating an alert having at least a portion of the transaction record that has an account identifier matching the target account identifier; and transmitting the alert to a recipient.