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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Lynn Holm Blagg, Omaha, NE (US);
Eugene F. Kathol, Omaha, NE (US);
Gretchen L. Donlin, Gretna, NE (US);
Michael B. Grear, Omaha, NE (US);
Lynn Holm Blagg, Omaha, NE (US);
Eugene F. Kathol, Omaha, NE (US);
Gretchen L. Donlin, Gretna, NE (US);
Michael B. Grear, Omaha, NE (US);
First Data Corporation, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Linking accounts corresponding to different products together to create a group so that group processing can be performed at the group level while independent processing of the accounts is performed at the account level. The method links the accounts into a group by linking a financial record for each account to group master data for the group. The group master data includes information about the group, including group parameters and a group identifier. A group typically includes a key account and one or more dependent accounts. The relationship between a dependent account and the group is specified by a dependent strategy. A dependent strategy specifies group level processing options for the account. The relationships between the accounts and the group are flexible to accommodate changes in the status of the group cardholders.