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WO2001057813A1 - Systeme de retenue sur les salaires et procede d'utilisation de ce systeme - Google Patents

Systeme de retenue sur les salaires et procede d'utilisation de ce systeme Download PDF

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WO2001057813A1
WO2001057813A1 PCT/US2001/002238 US0102238W WO0157813A1 WO 2001057813 A1 WO2001057813 A1 WO 2001057813A1 US 0102238 W US0102238 W US 0102238W WO 0157813 A1 WO0157813 A1 WO 0157813A1
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  • the present invention relates to a system and method for processing payments of articles selected during electronic commerce or off-line commerce, and more particularly, to a method for using a payroll deduction card as a payment option during on-line and off-line commerce.
  • Computer networking allows network computer users to share information, software applications and hardware devices, and internetworking enables a set of physical networks to be connected into a single network such as the Internet.
  • Computers connected to the Internet or connected to networks other than the " internet also have access to information stored on those networks.
  • the World Wide Web (Web) a hypermedia system used on the Internet, enables hypertext linking, whereby documents automatically reference or link other documents located on connected computer networks around the world.
  • users connected to the Internet have almost instant access to information stored in relatively distant regions.
  • a page of information on the Web may include references to other Web pages and may include a broad range of multimedia data including textual, graphical, audio, and animation information.
  • Internet users retrieve information from the Internet, through the Web, by 'visiting' a web site on a computer that is connected to the Internet.
  • the web site is, in general terms, a server application that displays information stored on a network server computer.
  • the web site accepts connections from client programs, such as Internet browser applications.
  • Browser applications such as Microsoft Explorer TM or Netscape Internet Browser TM, allow Internet users to access information displayed on the web site.
  • Most browser applications display information on computer screens and permit a user to navigate through the Web using a mouse.
  • Web browsing uses a client-server paradigm.
  • URL Uniform Resource Locator
  • the browser application becomes a client and it contacts a server application specified in the URL to request the document.
  • the browser application displays the document to the user.
  • the two applications follow the Hyper-Text Transport Protocol (HTTP).
  • HTTP Hyper-Text Transport Protocol
  • HTTP allows the browser application to request a specific article, which the server application then returns.
  • HTTP defines the exact format for requests sent from the browser application to the server application as well as the format of replies that the server application returns.
  • a consumer enters the URL of a vendor and the browser application requests a web page associated with the URL from the appropriate server application.
  • the consumer may select articles displayed on the vendor's web page and submit the selection to the vendor through the browser application.
  • a consumer on the Internet wishing to purchase a software application, may enter the URL of a vendor into the browser application.
  • the browser displays a corresponding web page and the consumer may order the software application on the web page through the browser application.
  • the vendor Upon receiving the consumer's selection, the vendor requests payment for the selected articles before delivering them to the consumer.
  • the consumer may pay the vendor through credit cards or the vendor may require cash upon delivery of the selected articles.
  • this method of purchasing articles during electronic commerce is unsatisfactory.
  • the employer may deduct the cost of already purchased articles and/or services from an employee's future pay checks.
  • the employer must approve the total purchase amount and the vendor. While this scheme affords employees the option of purchasing products and services on future earnings, the list of predefined products/services and vendors is usually limited.
  • the payroll deduction payment option is not utilized in electronic commerce nor is the payroll deduction payment opt? r utilized for regular purchases during nonelectronic commerce. As electronic commerce on the Internet grows, so too will the desire to use the payroll deduction plan as an option for on-line purchases.
  • the present invention relates to a system and method for using an e- duction card as a payment instrument, whereby a purchase price of articles purchased on-line or off-line is deducted from an employee's paycheck.
  • the e- duction card is similar to a credit card but is not bound by the same terms and conditions of a credit card.
  • an employer authorizes the inventive system to accept payroll deduction as a payment option for the employer's employees.
  • the employer and/or the system establish guidelines for employee utilization of the payroll deduction option during commerce.
  • the system stores the guidelines and identifying information for the employer and corresponding employees who will use the payroll deduction in a system database.
  • the employer may periodically provide a list of employees (with corresponding information) who qualify to participate in the payroll deduction plan and the system then updates the system database with the periodic list.
  • Merchants also sign up with the inventive system and agree to accept the e-duction card as a payment instrument.
  • the employee may use the e-duction card to pay for the selected articles.
  • the e-duction card may be executed on it's own network infrastructure or on existing network infrastructures, such as an American Express network infrastructure or a Visa/Mastercard network infrastructure.
  • a magnetic stripe on the e-duction card stores the employee's account information.
  • the account information on the e-duction magnetic stripe is transmitted to a network processor with access to information stored on the database.
  • the processor verifies the employee and merchant status, and verifies the employee account information in order to approve or reject the transaction.
  • This method affords authorized employees the option of using the e-duction card as a payment instrument.
  • the employee may pay for the items with the e-duction card.
  • Account information that is stored on the e-duction card's magnetic stripe is transmitted to the network processor.
  • the network processor is a processor used in an existing network infrastructure and all account information stored in the system database is also stored in the processor's database.
  • the network processor uses the account information to verify the employee's employment status and to verify that the employee is authorized to use payroll deduction for the amount of the purchase.
  • the network processor also verifiers that the merchant is a participating merchant.
  • the network processor may approve or reject the transaction. If the transaction is approved, the employee's account is debited and the employee is notified.
  • the system may include its own processor for processing transactions.
  • Data is uploaded to the system database at specific times during predefined periods.
  • Information in the database is downloaded to a payroll processor (which can, of course, be the employer) at predetermined times.
  • the payroll processor deducts the transaction amount from the employee's paycheck and a statement of the deduction is given to the employee.
  • the e-duction card may also serve as a smart card.
  • a chip is embedded in the e-duction card and the information on the chip is updated when a transaction is approved.
  • the present invention provides a method for using an e-duction card as a payment instrument during on-line and off-line purchases with a participating merchant, whereby a purchase amount paid with the e-duction card is deducted from an employee's future paycheck, the method comprising the steps of: authorizing, by an employer, a processing system to offer payroll deduction as a payment option during commerce transactions between the employee and the participating merchant; establishing, by the processing system and the employer, guidelines for using the e-duction card; enrolling the employee to participate in a payroll deduction plan; creating, by the processing system, an e-duction card that is used as a payment option by the authorized employee and account that correspond to the e-duction cards; selecting, by the employee, articles to be purchased from the participating merchant and paying for the articles with the e-duction card; submitting, by the participating merchant to a network processor, information stored on the e- duction card; verifying, by a network processor,
  • An alternate embodiment of the pr-c?nt invention provides a system for using an e-duction card as a payment instrument during on-line and off-line purchases with a participating merchant, whereby a purchase amount paid with the e-duction card is deducted from an employee's future paycheck, the system comprises: first processing means for authorizing, by an employer, a processing system to offer payroll deduction as a payment option during commerce transactions between the employee and the participating merchant; second processing means for establishing, by the processing system and the employer, guidelines for using the e-duction card; third processing means for enrolling the employee to participate in a payroll deduction plan; fourth processing means for creating, by the processing system, e-duction cards that are used as a payment option by authorized employees and accounts that correspond to the e-duction cards; fifth processing means for selecting, by the employee, articles to be purchased from the participating merchant and paying for the articles with the e- duction card; sixth processing means for submitting, by the participating merchant to a network processor, information stored on the e-duction card; seventh processing means for verifying
  • An alternate embodiment of the present invention provides a method for using an e-duction card as a payment instrument during on-line and off-line purchases with a participating merchant, whereby a purchase amount paid with the e-duction card is deducted from an employee's future paycheck, the method comprising the steps of: authorizing, by an employer, a processing system to offer payroll deduction as a payment option during commerce f 'nsactions between the employee and the participating merchant; signing-up, by the processing system, preferred merchants who agree to accept the e-duction card; establishing, by the employer, the processing system, and the preferred merchant, guidelines for using the e-duction card; enrolling the employee to participate in a payroll deduction plan; creating, by the processing system, e-ducfion cards that are used as a payment option by authorized employees and accounts that correspond to the e-duction cards; selecting, by the employee, articles to be purchased from the preferred merchant and paying for the articles with the e- duction card; submitting, by the preferred merchant to a network processor, information stored on
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a computer network in which the inventive payroll deduction plan may be incorporated
  • Fig. 2 illustrates the TCP/IP Layering Model Protocol used during communications between components on the computer network
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a method for using an e-duction card as payroll deduction instrument during on-line or off-line purchases
  • Figs. 4A and 4B illustrate the steps implemented according to the preferred embodiment of the inventive method of Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 1 is an example of a local area network (LAN) 100 that is configured to utilize a non-repudiation protocol.
  • LAN 100 comprises a server 102, four computer systems 104, 106, 108, and 110, and peripherals 112, such as printers and other devices that may be shared by components on LAN 100.
  • Computer systems 104, 106, 108 and 110 may serve as clients for server 102 and/or as clients and/or servers for each other and/or for other components connected to LAN 100.
  • Components on LAN 100 are preferably connected together by cable media, for example copper or fiber-optic cable and the network topology may be a token ring topology 114.
  • Routers 120, 122 create an expanded network by connecting LAN 100 to other computer networks, such as the Internet, other LANs or Wide Area Networks (WAN). Routers are hardware devices that may include a conventional processor, memory, and separate I/O interface for each network to which it connects.
  • components on the expanded network may share information and services with each other.
  • all components on the expanded network ar d the routers that connect them must adhere to a standard protocol.
  • Computer networks connected to the Internet and to other networks typically use TCP/IP
  • the TCP/IP Layering Model comprises an application layer (Layer 5) 202, a transport layer (Layer 4) 204, an Internet layer (Layer 3) 206, a network interface layer (Layer 2) 208, and a physical layer (Layer 1) 210.
  • Application layer protocols 202 specify how each software application connected to the network uses the network.
  • Transport layer protocols 204 specify how to ensure reliable transfer among complex protocols.
  • Internet layer protocols 206 specify the format of packets sent across the network as well as mechanisms used to forward packets from a computer through one or more routers to a final destination.
  • Network interface layer protocols 208 specify how to organize data into frames and how a computer transmits frames over the network.
  • Physical layer protocols 210 correspond to the basic network hardware.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates an inventive method for using an e-duction card as a payment instrument in order to deduct the price of a purchased item from an employee's future paycheck.
  • an employer 302 authorizes system 304 to accept payroll deduction as a unique form of payment during a commerce transaction with the employer's employees, an example of which is shown as employee 306.
  • System 304 also enables merchants 308, who agree to accept the e-duction card as a payment instrument, to participate in a payroll deduction plan.
  • employer 302 and/or system 304 representative establish guidelines for a payroll deduction plan.
  • employer 302 and/or system 304 representative may establish a purchase price limit versus a maximum balance that an employee may carry on the e-duction card, the number of pay periods during which deductions can occur and the number of transactions allowed to each employee 306. Thry also may base the number of payroll deductions on the total purchase price. For example, a purchase price that is less than forty-nine dollars and ninety nine cents is deducted from one future paycheck; a purchase price that is greater than fifty dollars and less ninety-nine dollars and ninety nine cents is deducted from two future paychecks, and so on.
  • employee 306 fills out an enrollment form.
  • the information on the enrollment form is entered into an enrollment database on system 304 and system 304 verifies employee 306 eligibility status by confirming employee 306 employment status and income, among others.
  • the enrollment database also stores guidelines established by system 304 and/or employer 302. For example, a guideline in the enrollment databasemay establish that employee 306 must be employed for a predefined length of time, for example six months, in order to participate in the payroll deduction plan.
  • a guideline in the enrollment database may establish a maximum credit limit for payroll deduction, for each employee 306, that is based on a percentage of employee 306 gross pay.
  • employee 306 may also choose sign up for an overdraft line of credit.
  • system 304 checks employee 306 credit report. Upon approval of the overdraft line of credit, if employee 306 purchases an item that cost more than the maximum payroll deduction credit limit, the extra amount is charged to employee 306 overdraft account. Payment terms for the payroll deduction account and overdraft account are calculated differently. Thus, for example, the amount for the payroll deduction account is deducted from future paychecks and the amount for the overdraft account may be paid as a regular interest bearing credit card account.
  • system 304 Upon entering employee 306 information into the enrollment database, system 304 transmits the information to employer 302 for verification.
  • Employer 302 verifies employee 306 personnel information, such as name, social security number, employment status, salary, and length of employment.
  • system 304 Upon receiving a verification notice from employer 306, system 304 stores the employee 306 information in a member database and transmits a record for employee 306 to a network processor 312.
  • the verification may be automated by synchronizing a periodic list of eligible employees from employer 302 with information in the enrollment database.
  • System 304 may use the periodic list to re-evaluate eligibility for each employee 306. For example, if employee306 received a two-percent raise, upon obtaining the list system 304 recalculates employee 306 maximum payroll deduction credit limit.
  • system 304 may use the periodic list to cancel accounts of employees who are no longer on the list.
  • Employer 302 and system 304 representative also may establish several sets of guidelines, whereby each set is associated with employees 306 within a specific status. For example, one set of guidelines may apply to hourly employees and another set may apply to salaried employees. Employees 306 may view all guidelines or only those that apply to them and guidelines associated with each employee 302 may change as the employee's status changes. As would be obvious to one skilled in the art, system 304 may include unique guidelines for each participating employer 302 and/or employee 306.
  • system 304 also may setup guidelines with preferred merchants 308.
  • a merchant 308 may be authorized to offer interest free payroll deductions up to a predefined time for payments over a certain amount.
  • a merchant who already accepts a credit card that is also used as an e-duction card may not have to sign up to participate in system 304 in order to accept that card.
  • Merchants 308 using system 304 may also automatically deduct periodic, for example monthly, payments, such as utility bills and investments, if employee 306 is authorized to use payroll deduction for such transactions.
  • the payroll deduction plan guidelines and other information that identify employer 302 and corresponding employees 306 are stored on a system database 310 in system 304.
  • employee 306 may use the e-duction card to pay for the selected articles. Additionally, an employee may use the e-duction card in commerce in any similar fashion as any type of credit card is used. For example, employee 306 may use the e-duction card when purchasing items from a catalog, through telemarketing, offers appearing on the television, etc. Other methods of purchase will be known to those skilled in the art and are within the scope of this invention.
  • the e-duction card used is similar to a credit card, but is not bound by the same terms and conditions of a credit card. For example, employees using the e- duction card may not be charged interest or transaction fees to use the e-duction card.
  • the e-duction card may be executed on its own network infrastructure or on existing network infrastructures, such as an American Express network infrastructure or a Visa/Mastercard network infrastructure.
  • existing network infrastructures such as an American Express network infrastructure or a Visa/Mastercard network infrastructure.
  • Existing networks issue private brand cards, which carry the network's logo.
  • an e-duction card may be a private brand that is executed on an existing network infrastructure and looks the same as currently used credit card, such as American Express card and Visa card, among others.
  • the e-duction may not necessarily carry the network's logo.
  • a magnetic stripe on the e-duction card stores employee 306 account information, as is stored in system database 310.
  • employees 306 may use the e-duction card as a payment instrument for articles purchased on-line or in a store.
  • employee 306 may swipe the e-duction card in an existing network infrastructure.
  • employee 306 may 'enter' the merchant's 308 web site and upon selecting articles to be purchased, enter the account number of the e-duction card on the merchant's web site, or may select items from a catalog and enter the account number of the e-duction card on a form or over the telephone.
  • Other commerce transactions are known to those skilled in the art and are within the scope of this invention.
  • Network processor 312 may be a processor used in an existing network infrastructure and account information stored in system database 310 also is stored in the network processor's database 314.
  • Network processor 312 uses the account information and information stored in the processor's database 314 to verify the employee's employment status and to verify that employee 306 is authorized to use payroll deduction for the amount of the purchase.
  • Network processor 312 also checks the available payroll deduction and overdraft credit for employee 306 against the amount of the purchase and performs standard risk management checks. If the purchase amount is less than the available credit, network processor 312 approves the transaction and transmits an approval code to merchant 308.
  • Network processor 312 also verifies that merchant 308 transmitting the account information is a participating merchant by verifying that merchant 308 account number exists in the processor's database 314. Upon verifying employee 306 and merchant 308 information, network processor 312 may approve or reject the transaction. Alternatively, the e-duction card may be swiped into it's own network infrastructure and system 304 may verify employee 306 and merchant 308 account information and approve or reject the transaction. Network processor 312 initiates payment for the amount of the transaction to merchant 308, less a discount rate paid by merchant 308. Thereafter, at a predefined time, network processor 312 transmits a transaction file with all transactions to system 304 and debits an account associated with system 304.
  • system 304 calculates installment payments for each transaction in the transaction file. The installment payments are deducted from future paychecks. While calculating installment payments for each transaction, systems 304 checks a merchant identifier in the transaction file to determine if the associated merchant 308 is a preferred merchant. If merchant 308 is a preferred merchant, system 304 applies the payment guidelines that were previously established for that merchant to transactions associated with that merchant. System 304 sends the preferred merchant 308 a bill that is preferably based on a percentage of associated transactions.
  • system 304 Prior to the next pay period, system 304 generates a deduction file with the installment payments for each employee from whom payroll deduction should be made.
  • the deduction file contains records for listing each employee name, social security number, employer name and identifier and the amount to be deducted from the upcoming paycheck. As is apparent, other information may be listed in the deduction file, and are within the scope of the invention.
  • the deduction files is then transmitted to appropriate payroll processors at predetenriined times. For example, at the end of a work week, accounts in system database 310 that have been updated since the last transmission are sent to the appropriate payroll processor.
  • system 304 can determine who is employee's 306 employer, and which payroll processor processes the employee 306 paychecks. Some employers use paycheck processing companies to process their payroll and other employers perform this task themselves.
  • the payroll processor sorts and segregates the deduction file by employer and transmits a payroll file to each employer 302.
  • Employer 302 deducts the specified amount from employee 306 paycheck. Alternatively if the payroll processor processes the paycheck, when it cuts the next check it deducts the appropriate amount and notifies system 304 and employer 302 about the success or failure of each deduction for each employee.
  • System 304 updates employee 306 account in system database 310 in order to reflect the payment.
  • a statement notifying employee 306 of the payroll deduction is sent to employee 306 through the mail or by e-mail prior to the payroll deduction. If employee 306 is notified by e-mail, employee 306 may link to a system web site to review a purchasing history. Thus, employee 306 may review all payroll deductions for all articles purchased within a predefined period of time. When employee 306 receives the next paycheck, the installment payment will be deducted from the paycheck.
  • the payroll processor then initiates an electronic funds transfer to transfer the total amount for all deductions for all employers for that pay period to a bank account associated with system 304. Thereafter system 304 sends a payment to network processor 312 to credit to account associated with system 304.
  • the e-duction card may include a chip that stores employee 306 account information and purchasing history, thereby functioning as a smart card.
  • Information in the chip may include, among other things, employee 306 account number, employer, and payroll deduction status.
  • Information in the e-duction card chip is updated after each transaction to reflect the transaction.
  • Figs. 4A and 4B illustrates the steps implemented in a preferred embodiment of the inventive payroll deduction method.
  • employer 302 and merchant 308 sign up with system 304 to use the e-duction card as a unique form of payment during a commerce transaction with the employer's employees and establish guidelines for a payroll deduction plan.
  • Step 420 the payroll deduction plan guidelines and other information that identify employer 302, merchant 308, and corresponding employees 306 are stored on a system database 310 in system 304.
  • account information is stored on employee 306 e-duction card.
  • employee 306 selects articles from the merchant's 308 web site or store, swipes the e-duction card in a network infrastructure or enters an account number on the e-duction card on the merchant's web site.
  • account information that is stored on the e- duction card's magnetic stripe is transmitted to network processor 312.
  • Step 460 network processor 312 uses the account information and information stored in database 314 to verify employee's employment status, that employee 306 is authorized to use payroll deduction for the amount of the purchase, and that merchant 308 transmitting the account information is a participating merchant.
  • Step 470 network processor 312 may approve or reject the transaction.
  • Step 480 network processor 312 transmits the transaction file to system 304 for installment payment calculations.
  • Step 490 the deduction file is transmitted from system 304 to the payroll processor and the payroll processor deducts the appropriate amount from employee 306 future paychecks and notifies system 304.
  • system 304 updates employee 306 account in system database 310 in order to reflect the payment.
  • Step 510 a statement notifying employee 306 of the payroll deduction is sent to the employee through the mail, an e-mail, or by the employee accessing a web site containing the information.

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L'invention concerne un système et un procédé permettant d'utiliser une carte d'autorisation de retenue sur les salaires (carte « e-duction ») en tant qu'instrument de paiement, de manière que le prix d'achat d'un article acheté en ligne est déduit de la feuille de salaire d'un employé. La carte « e-duction » est semblable à une carte de crédit mais n'est pas soumise aux mêmes conditions que cette dernière. L'employeur autorise ce système à accepter des retenues sur le salaire en tant qu'option de paiement pour de ses employés. L'employeur et/ou le système définissent des directives concernant l'utilisation de l'option de retenue sur le salaire lors de transactions et les directives et l'information d'identification de l'employeur et des employés correspondants sont mémorisées dans une base de données par le système. Les commerçants souscrivent également au système et s'engagent à accepter le paiement par carte « e-duction » d'articles choisis. L'employé peut alors utiliser la carte « e-duction » pour régler les articles qu'il a choisi dans le site Web ou dans un magasin de ce commerçant. Les informations relatives au compte d'un employé sont mémorisée sur un ruban magnétique fixé sur la carte « e-duction ». Lorsqu'un consommateur achète un produit et utilise la carte « e-duction » en tant qu'instrument de paiement, l'information relative au compte stockée dans la bande magnétique est transmise à un processeur de réseau capable d'accéder à l'information stockée dans la base de données. Le processeur vérifie le statut de l'employé et du commerçant et l'information relative au compte afin d'autoriser ou de rejeter la transaction. Ce procédé permet aux employés autorisés d'utiliser la carte « e-duction » en tant qu'instrument de paiement.
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