The present invention relates to money transfer systems.
A number of businesses offer money transfer and other services through points of sale such as a network of agents and computers. A consumer that desires to use the services to transfer money to a third party (i.e. a sender) takes the money or equivalent (e.g., a credit card) to a point of sale at the send location. The agent or computer accepts the money, obtains necessary information such as the consumer's identity and the identity of the third party transferee (i.e., a receiver), and initiates a send transaction. The money is then made available to the third party transferee at the receive location point of sale (e.g., by another agent or another computer). A transaction receipt is often provided to both the sender and the receiver. Money transfer businesses of these types are regulated by a number of different governmental and other organizations. They also operate in many different countries and therefore different languages. There remains a continuing need for improved money transfer systems. A system that enhances compliance with applicable regulatory requirements would be advantageous. A system that can conveniently yet accurately accommodate the multi-national nature of the system would also be desirable.
Improved money transfer systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention have location based language and/or dynamic receipt capabilities. One embodiment of the invention is a method for operating a transaction processing system to provide money transfer services. The method includes storing transaction location based attributes and associated one or more languages in a database, receiving transaction requests from points of sale at a transaction processor, processing the received transaction requests with the transaction processor and using the stored information in the database to identify transaction location attributes of the requests and the associated one or more languages, and sending receipt information representative of receipts provided in the identified one or more languages.
Another embodiment of the invention includes storing information representative of receipt field attributes and associated receipt fields in a database, receiving transaction requests from points of sale at a transaction processor, processing the received transaction requests with the transaction processor and using the information stored in the database to identify receipt field attributes of the requests and determine the associated receipt fields, and sending receipt information representative of receipts providing the determined fields.
While the invention is amenable to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are described in detail below. The intention, however, in not to limit the invention to the particular embodiments described. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Other third party “partners” of the business operating the money transfer system 10 can interface with the processor system 14 through other communication channels via electronic interfaces 40. For example, third party billers such as credit card processors, and goods and service providers such as banks and utilities that offer their customers payment options through the money transfer system 10, may communicate with the processor system 14. System maintenance, control, and setup operations can be performed by or on behalf the business operating the system 10 through still other interfaces 42 coupled to the processor system 14 through communication channels. The illustrated embodiment, for example, includes a POS setup interface 44 through which an administrator using a computer can set up and enable point of sale devices 18 to make use of the system 10. Similarly, representatives of the business operating system 10 can set up new agents on to point of sale devices 18 through agent setup interface 46. Content, other information and rules, including that used in connection with the location based language and dynamic receipt capabilities can be inputted through content setup interface 48.
Transaction processing system 12, point of sale devices 18 and interfaces 42 can be implemented in any of a wide range of physical forms. For example, the database 16 can include a database of customer information, a database of rules information controlling the operation of money transfers including attributes and associated information relating to the location based language and dynamic receipt capabilities, and content such as promotional and other messages, supported language lists, regulator information, locations, taxes and fees and other information used by the system 10. The transaction processor 14 can process send and receive transaction requests received from the point of sale devices 18 and generate transaction responses to those requests based on the information in the requests and stored in the database 16. Embodiments of money transfer system 10 provide money transfer requests and other functionality disclosed in the Bennett et al. U.S. Patent Application Publication 2009/0106149 entitled Global Compliance Processing System For A Money Transfer System, the Fulton et al. U.S. Patent Application Publication 2012/0036071 entitled Verification Methods For Fraud Prevention In Money Transfer Receive Transactions, the Sander et al. U.S Patent Application Publication 2010/0100426 entitled Agent Management System, the Scribner et al. U.S. Patent Application Publication 2009/0063261 entitled Consumer Database Loyalty Program For A Money Transfer System, and U.S. Patent Application Publication 2008/0140568 entitled Method And Apparatus For Distribution Of Money Transfers. The above-identified U.S. patent application publications are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
Money transfer system 10 enables transactions at the locations of points of sale 18 throughout the world. In connection with this functionality and as shown in
These location based language capabilities of the money transfer system 10 effectively provide options on how individual points of sale 18 can use languages. It can, for example, determine a default language to print with every transaction. It provides the ability to control if a point of sale can select languages for the receipts 60. It provides the ability to control how many languages can be provided on receipts with each transaction. It also provides the ability to receive a corridor (e.g., country, region, city or some geographic area) and to use that corridor to specify the languages on the receipt.
In embodiments of the money transfer system 10, points of sale 18 can only select from assigned languages. Points of sale 18 at locations with only two languages might not be required or able to select languages for the receipt (i.e., the receipt can by default and without other options be provided in the two languages). Points of sale 18 having three or more available languages can be provided with the option to select the desired languages for the receipt in connection with each transaction.
Reports generated or provided in connection with points of sale 18 can also make use of the languages selected or assigned in the manner described above. For example, the reports can be generated and provided based on the languages selected or assigned to the location. In other embodiments reports can be generated and provided based on the languages used for individual transactions (e.g., reports can be generated based on the language of the receipts of the transactions). Auditing and compliance monitoring can be enhanced through the use of reports of these types. Marketing efforts can also be tailored to specific users and groups based on reports of these types.
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One or more regulators may have jurisdiction over any given send and receive transaction. Information on regulators (e.g., agency name, phone number and website address) can be stored in database 16, as well as the rules or other information that define the relationships between transaction attributes and applicable regulators (e.g., the location of the point of sale 18 of the send transaction or the location of the point of sale of the receive transaction).
Dynamic fields can be based on attributes related to the send transactions. For example, the fields provided on receipts 60 can be based on information provided by the sender when staging a transaction at a terminal such as 22 operated by an agent at a point of sale 18. Information provided by the sender during the staging of the send transaction may prompt additional information requests from the sender. Fields provided on receipts 60 for send transactions staged on-line (e.g., through web interface 26) can be based on the stored profile of the sender (e.g., the senders name, address, nationality, etc., that is stored in database 16 as a regular user or in connection with a loyalty program). Fields provided on receipts 60 for send transactions staged on-line can also be based on attributes of the point of sale 18 such as the IP (internet protocol) address, MAC (media access control) address or the type of the device.
Dynamic fields can be based on attributes related to the receive transactions. For example, the fields provided on receipts 60 can be based on information provided by the sender about the receiver when staging a transaction at a terminal such as 22 operated by an agent at a point of sale 18. Information about the receiver provided by the sender during the staging of the send transaction may prompt additional information requests from the sender. Rules and/or regulations of the location of the point of sale 18 of the receive transaction can define the fields that are or must be provided on the receipts 60. Taxes and/or fees imposed by the location of the receive transaction can define the fields that are provided on the receipts 60. Certain partners of the operator of the money transfer system 10 can specify fields to be printed on receipts 60. For example, the partner may require a marketing information field on receipts 60 provided to its customers. Fields provided on receipts 60 for receive transactions can be based on the stored profile of the receiver (e.g., the receivers name, address, nationality, etc. that is stored in database 16 as a regular user or in connection with a loyalty program). Embodiments of the invention also provide fields on receipts 60 based on the type of point of sale 18 at which the receive transaction takes place, and/or the currency of the receive transaction.
As another example, a credit card company (i.e., a biller) that contracts with the operator of the money transfer system 10 to receive payments through the money transfer system can request that certain information such as promotional messages be printed on the receipts provided to the biller's account holders that make payments through the system. For example, in some embodiments receipts for all payments made between certain dates can have a promotional message. In other embodiments these dynamic receipts can be customized to specific attributes of the payment transaction. For example, system 10 can be configured to print a message identifying the specific awards granted by the credit card company in response to specific payments. If the system is configured to provide receipts with promotional messages identifying the bonus awards for all payments greater than, e.g., $500, the receipt provided to a sender of a $600 payment can thank the sender for the $600 payment, and congratulate the sender on the additional xxx points ($600 worth of points) earned by the payment.
As another example, a sender in the United States, such as California, is using a point of sale 18 such as PC 20 to transfer money from a credit card or Pay Pal account to a bank account in Mexico. System 10 is configured to recognize that funds deposited in U.S. dollars are subject to a fee such as $5, while deposits in the local currency of Pesos are free of this fee. When the sender signs into the system 10 to stage the transaction using an IP address located in California, the system 10 will recognize the need to charge this fee. The receipt provided to the sender has California specific state regulator information, and the receive amount is based upon the $5 fee. In other embodiments in which the funds transferred are Pesos, the receipt reflects a receive amount base on no fee.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that changes can be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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