Reimbursement Code Entrusted Withholding Processing

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Solution Overview

Problem

The reimbursement process for e-bills is cumbersome due to frequent errors in bill item types, requiring significant time and effort from both applicants and reviewers, and lacks efficient mechanisms for expense control and fund management.

Innovation Solution

A reimbursement code-based entrusted withholding processing method and apparatus that performs expense control verification on payment orders using institution-specific rules, detects binding to a fund account on a financial platform, and generates entrusted withholding requests for automated processing, reducing errors and improving efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual reimbursement processing is used, then flexibility in handling complex cases is maintained, but processing time and error rates increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereimbursement processing efficiencyVSAvoidreimbursement system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automatic self-processing of reimbursement claims by having the reimbursement code itself carry embedded verification information. The code automatically proves eligibility, amount, and compliance with expense policies, eliminating the need for manual review of supporting documents and reducing processing time while maintaining system simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical review processes with automated digital verification. The reimbursement code contains encoded verification data that can be automatically validated by systems, substituting the manual checking of bills, receipts, and expense policies with automated digital verification mechanisms that operate continuously without human intervention.

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

2Reliability

If detailed expense control verification is performed, then reimbursement accuracy improves, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereimbursement accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs verification actions in advance by embedding all necessary verification information directly into the reimbursement code before the reimbursement process begins. The code pre-contains authenticated expense details, policy compliance data, and verification signatures, so that when reimbursement is claimed, the verification is already complete and requires only retrieval and validation rather than thorough examination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts essential verification information from complex documentation and concentrates it into the compact reimbursement code. By taking out only the critical verification data (amount, eligibility, compliance status) and embedding it in the code, the system eliminates the need to review extensive supporting documents while maintaining complete verification accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Speed

If automated entrusted withholding processing is implemented, then processing speed increases, but system integration complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereimbursement processing speedVSAvoidsystem integration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The reimbursement code is designed as a universal multi-functional element that simultaneously serves as a payment identifier, verification credential, and integration key. It can be processed across different systems and platforms without requiring system-specific customization, enabling automated entrusted withholding while maintaining simple, standardized integration protocols that work universally across the reimbursement ecosystem.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20240354768A1Reimbursement code-based entrusted with holding processing
Publication Date: 2024.10.24 ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of this specification provide a reimbursement code-based entrusted withholding processing method and apparatus. The reimbursement code-based entrusted withholding processing method includes the following: performing expense control verification on a payment order of an institution member based on an expense control rule configured for a reimbursement code of an institution; if the expense control verification is passed, detecting whether the reimbursement code is bound to a fund account opened by the institution on a financial platform; and if yes, generating an entrusted withholding request of the payment order, and submitting the entrusted withholding request to the financial platform, to perform entrusted withholding processing of the payment order based on the fund account.