Node Network Pre-Approval for Payment Platform Onboarding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack an efficient method for pre-approving and streamlining the onboarding process of businesses to payment platforms, which hinders the speed, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of transactions between entities.

Innovation Solution

A system utilizing a node network to analyze transaction data and predict receptibility to onboarding offers by weighting connections between entities, allowing for pre-approval and automatic onboarding through machine-readable instructions executed on a processing device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional onboarding processes are used for payment platforms, then thorough verification can be performed, but the process is slow and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification reliabilityVSAvoidonboarding time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of entity data, transaction histories, and network connections before the formal onboarding process. By pre-evaluating risk factors and entity reputations through node network analysis, the system prepares verification results in advance, enabling faster completion of the onboarding process while maintaining thorough verification standards.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual, sequential verification processes with automated computational analysis of node networks and transaction data. Machine learning algorithms and graph analysis automatically evaluate entity connections and risks, substituting the mechanical step-by-step verification process with efficient computational methods that maintain reliability while reducing time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Reliability

If comprehensive entity verification is performed during onboarding, then platform security is improved, but processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveplatform securityVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The verification process is segmented into multiple independent analysis modules: node network analysis, transaction history evaluation, connection strength calculation, and risk assessment. Each module processes specific aspects of entity verification separately, then integrates results to form a comprehensive security evaluation. This segmentation reduces processing complexity by breaking down the complex verification task into manageable, parallelizable components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces node network analysis as an intermediary layer between raw entity data and final verification decisions. The node network serves as a mediator that pre-processes and structures relationship data, transforming complex entity connections into simplified connection strengths and network positions that are easier to evaluate for security purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If manual review processes are used for onboarding decisions, then accurate assessment can be made, but productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassessment accuracyVSAvoidonboarding throughput
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service onboarding by allowing entities to be automatically evaluated and approved based on pre-defined criteria and node network analysis. The automated system performs the assessment function that traditionally required manual reviewers, calculating connection strengths, evaluating transaction patterns, and making onboarding recommendations without human intervention, thereby maintaining accuracy while dramatically increasing throughput.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback loops where node network data and transaction histories continuously inform and refine onboarding assessments. The system learns from past verification outcomes and adjusts its evaluation criteria, improving assessment accuracy over time while maintaining automated high-speed processing capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11915211B1Systems, methods, and storage media for pre-approving onboarding to a payment platform
Publication Date: 2024.02.27 WELLS FARGO BANK NA
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and storage media for pre-approving onboarding to a payment platform, executing on a processing device are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: access a node network; determine a first entity associated with a first node of the plurality of nodes is not a member of a payment platform; determine a total strength of connections of the first node to one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and flag the first node of the plurality of nodes for an offer of onboarding to the payment platform consequent to determining the total strength of connections of the first node to the one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes exceeds the predetermined threshold value.