System for allowing external validation of data in a process data network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10026118-B2
Application number	US-201615049835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2016
Priority date	Feb 22, 2016
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for a system for allowing external validation of data in a process data network. The present invention is configured to create a block chain of resource information based on at least aggregated information associated with past transfer of resources executed by an entity; receive an indication that the entity has executed a transfer of resources at a terminal; receive information associated with the transfer of resources based on at least receiving the indication that the entity has executed the transfer of resources; and update the block chain of transaction information with the transaction activity executed by the entity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system operatively connected with a block chain distributed network and for using the block chain distributed network for allowing external validation of data in a process data network, the system comprising:
a memory device storing logic and rules for the block chain distributed network; and
a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
receive an indication that an entity has executed a transfer of resources with a host institution;
receive host institution transaction data associated with the entity based on at least determining that the entity has executed the transfer of resources;
record the host institution transaction data in a distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network, wherein the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network further comprises transaction records of one or more financial institutions, wherein the transactions records of the one or more financial institutions comprise at least a first source institution transaction data associated with the entity and a second source institution transaction data associated with the entity;
determine a financial standing associated with the entity based on at least the transaction records of the entity recorded in the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network, wherein the financial standing indicates whether the entity is associated with a misappropriate activity;
retrieve information associated with the misappropriate activity, wherein the information comprises one or more recommended actions for the entity to redeem the financial standing;
determine that the entity has executed the one or more recommended actions;
update the financial standing to indicate that the entity is no longer associated with the misappropriate activity;
identify a smart contract stored in the block chain distributed network between the host institution, a first source institution, and a second source institution, wherein the smart contract comprises logic and rules associated with the smart contract;
determine that the recorded host institution transaction data meets the logic and rules of the smart contract by at least comparing the recorded host institution transaction data to the logic and rules of the smart contract to match a stored authentication key of the block chain distributed network to a provided authentication key of the recorded host institution data; and
validate the host institution transaction data and the updated financial standing associated with the entity in response to determining that the recorded host institution data meets the logic and rules of the smart contract.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code further to: receive an indication that the entity has executed a transfer of resources with the one or more financial institutions, wherein the transfer of resources comprises one or more transactions executed using one or more financial credentials associated with the one or more financial institutions receive information associated with each of the one or more transactions based on at least receiving the indication that the entity has executed the one or more transactions; and record the information associated with each of the one or more transactions in the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code further to: receive a request from the one or more financial institutions to access the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network to update the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network, information associated with transaction activity of the entity, wherein the entity is associated with the one or more financial institutions; determine that the one or more financial institutions is a member institution, wherein a member institution has authorized access to the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network; and authorize the one or more financial institutions to access the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network; and update the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network with the information received from the one or more financial institutions.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code further to:
receive one or more authentication credentials from the one or more financial institutions to authorize the one or more financial institutions to access the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network;
validate the one or more authentication credentials; and
authorize the one or more financial institutions to access the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network in response to validating the one or more authentication credentials.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code further to:
initiate a request to receive information associated with transaction activity of the entity with one or more member institutions having access to the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network;
receive information associated with the transaction activity of the entity with the one or more member institutions based on at least the initiated request; and
update the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network with the transaction activity executed by the entity.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code further to:
initiate a request to receive information associated with transaction activity of the entity with one or more member institutions having access to the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network based on at least one or more specific transaction types;
receive information associated with the transaction activity of the entity with the one or more member institutions based on at least the initiated request, wherein the transaction activity is associated with a transaction type; and
update the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network with the transaction activity of the entity associated with the one or more specific transaction types executed by the entity with the one or more member institutions.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code further to: update the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network with the transaction activity executed by the entity with the one or more member institutions; transmit a request to the one or more member institutions to validate the transaction activity based on the logic and rules associated with the smart contractor; and post validated transaction activity to distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network.

8. A computerized method for using the block chain distributed network for using the block chain distributed network for allowing external validation of data in a process data network, the method comprising:
receiving an indication that an entity has executed a transfer of resources with a host institution;
receiving host institution transaction data associated with the entity based on at least determining that the entity has executed the transfer of resources;
recording the host institution transaction data in a distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network, wherein the distributed ledger of the block chain distributed network further comprises transaction records of one or more financial institutions, wherein the tr

Assignees

• Bank Of America

Inventors

• Castinado Joseph Benjamin
• Wuehler Michael

Classifications

• G06Q40/00 Primary

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