Arlene A Greene

US Patent:

20020116312, Aug 22, 2002

Filed:

Dec 5, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/730511

Inventors:

Kevin Talbot - Ontario, CA
Duncan Ross - Novato CA, US
Arlene Greene - Winchester MA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/037000

Abstract:

A reverse blind credit auction between a borrower and at least one lender assists the borrower in creating an electronic credit application. The credit application is processed by authenticating information in the credit application, scoring the credit application using a masked credit report such that a credit report inquiry indication is not entered on the credit report of the borrower and filtering the credit application. Further, based upon screening criteria provided by the lenders, a processor routine matches the credit application to one or more lenders. A subset of the processed credit application and the masked credit report is transmitted to the matched lender, or lenders, that make a credit offer decision. The credit offer decisions are then transmitted to the borrower. When one of the matched lender receives notification of a selected offer from the borrower, the borrower identification information matching the selected offer to the lender associated with the selected offer is made available such that the lender associated with the selected offer can contact the borrower to further process the credit application.