Patent ID: 6058378
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for delivering a plurality of financial services to a customer, comprising:providing securities, cash management and trade financing services at a plurality of on-line transaction processor facilities;electronically connecting a customer facility computer to the on-line transaction processor facilitates;creating a transaction instruction message related to any of the securities, cash management and trade financing services to send to one of the plurality of on-line transaction processor facilities;sending the transaction instruction message from the customer facility to a global interface device;storing and queuing the transaction instruction message in the global interface device;determining whether or not the transaction instruction message is associated with an appropriate entitlement;determining to which on-line transaction processor facility to route the transaction instruction message based on information contained in the message;determining if the proper on-line transaction processor facility is available;forwarding the transaction instruction message to the proper on-line transaction processor facility from the global interface device when the processor facility becomes available and if the transaction instruction message is associated with the appropriate entitlement; andreceiving at the global interface device a status or event message from the proper on-line transaction processor facility, storing the status or event message at said global interface device, and routing the status or event message to the customer facility, wherein the status or event message may be retrieved at the customer facility in substantially real time from the proper on-line transaction processor via said global interface device, and can also be retrieved when the proper on-line transaction processor is not operational.