Patent ID: 8341055

Claim:
A method comprising receiving, by a computer-based system for processing applications, an incomplete first account application of a customer, including a name of the customer and less than a full identification number, and a selection indicating that the customer is a pre-existing customer, wherein the incomplete first account application comprises at least one more field than fields comprising information entered by the customer; determining, by the computer-based system, that application information in fields of the incomplete first account application correspond to existing fields in a second account application; verifying, by the computer-based system, application information provided in the incomplete first account application against stored information of an existing account; transferring, by the computer-based system, the application information entered by the customer in the fields of the incomplete first account application to the corresponding fields in the second account application, in response to the selection indicating that the customer is the pre-existing customer; transmitting, by the computer-based system, the second account application to the customer, wherein the second account application includes a fewer number of the fields than the first account application which was previously presented to the customer, wherein the first application and the second application are applications for identical at least one of products or services; and receiving, by the computer-based system, the second account application from the customer.