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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

May. 15, 2023
Applicant:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.a., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel David, Charlotte, NC (US);

Andrew J. Garner, IV, State Road, NC (US);

Rajib Roy, Charlotte, NC (US);

Assignee:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/145 (2013.01); G06Q 20/102 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Controlling provision of a set of utilities by a financial institution. The method includes receiving, by a processor of a financial institution computing system associated with a financial institution, utility usage information from a set of utility meters associated with a plurality of customers of the utility company. The method includes determining a utility account balance for a customer of the plurality of customers based at least in part by an aggregate amount of utility usage used by the plurality of customers for a billing cycle by aggregating the received utility usage information for the billing cycle. The method includes determining that the utility account balance exceeds a threshold permitted past due amount. The method includes sending a stop signal to a utility meter associated with the customer, the stop signal instructing the utility meter to cut off provision of the utility to a property serviced by the utility meter.


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