Methods and systems for expense management
First Claim
1. A computerized method for expense management of at least one transportation and/or lodging expense, comprising:
- automatically retrieving, by at least one computer via at least one network, at least one electronic feed of charges for multiple expense receipt records directly from at least one lodging and/or transportation vendor, the at least one feed of charges including computer-readable electronic transaction data;
automatically detecting, by the at least one computer, that at least one expense receipt record from the multiple expense receipt records from the at least one feed of charges is comprised of two or more line items;
automatically mapping, by the at least one computer, the two or more line items to at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service that is chargeable to at least one account identifier, the mapping utilizing vendor expense codes and/or keyword searches; and
automatically pre-populating, by the at least one computer, the at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service mapped to each of the two or more line items from the at least one expense receipt record in at least one expense report in at least one expense management system as two or more expense itemizations.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for expense management, comprising: retrieving at least one electronic feed of charges for multiple expense receipt records directly from at least one lodging and/or transportation vendor, the at least one feed of charges including computer-readable electronic transaction data; detecting that at least one expense receipt record from the multiple expense receipt records from the at least one feed of charges is comprised of two or more line items; mapping the two or more line items to at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service that is chargeable to at least one account identifier, the mapping utilizing vendor expense codes and/or keyword searches; and pre-populating the at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service mapped to each of the two or more line items from the at least one expense receipt record in at least one expense report in at least one expense management system as two or more expense itemizations.
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1. A computerized method for expense management of at least one transportation and/or lodging expense, comprising:
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automatically retrieving, by at least one computer via at least one network, at least one electronic feed of charges for multiple expense receipt records directly from at least one lodging and/or transportation vendor, the at least one feed of charges including computer-readable electronic transaction data; automatically detecting, by the at least one computer, that at least one expense receipt record from the multiple expense receipt records from the at least one feed of charges is comprised of two or more line items; automatically mapping, by the at least one computer, the two or more line items to at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service that is chargeable to at least one account identifier, the mapping utilizing vendor expense codes and/or keyword searches; and automatically pre-populating, by the at least one computer, the at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service mapped to each of the two or more line items from the at least one expense receipt record in at least one expense report in at least one expense management system as two or more expense itemizations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing a program executable by at least one processing unit of a device, the program comprising a set of instructions for:
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automatically retrieving, by at least one computer via at least one network, at least one electronic feed of charges for multiple expense receipt records directly from at least one lodging and/or transportation vendor, the at least one feed of charges including computer-readable electronic transaction data; automatically detecting, by the at least one computer, that at least one expense receipt record from the multiple expense receipt records from the at least one feed of charges is comprised of two or more line items; automatically mapping, by the at least one computer, the two or more line items to at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service that is chargeable to at least one account identifier, the mapping utilizing vendor expense codes and/or keyword searches; and automatically pre-populating, by the at least one computer, the at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service mapped to each of the two or more line items from the at least one expense receipt record in at least one expense report in at least one expense management system as two or more expense itemizations. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors; a software program comprising instructions executable on said one or more processors, the software program configured for; automatically retrieving, by the system via at least one network, at least one electronic feed of charges for multiple expense receipt records directly from at least one lodging and/or transportation vendor, the at least one feed of charges including computer-readable electronic transaction data; automatically detecting, by the system, that at least one expense receipt record from the multiple expense receipt records from the at least one feed of charges is comprised of two or more line items; automatically mapping, by the system, the two or more line items to at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service that is chargeable to at least one account identifier, the mapping utilizing vendor expense codes and/or keyword searches; and automatically pre-populating, by the system, the at least one transportation and/or lodging good and/or service mapped to each of the two or more line items from the at least one expense receipt record in at least one expense report in at least one expense management system as two or more expense itemizations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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