Method, system, computer program product and business method for budget allocation and account tracking
First Claim
1. A method for financial management, comprising:
- first assigning a first set of credit/debit registers corresponding to real funds accounts;
second assigning a second set of credit/debit registers for planned expenditures and income corresponding to categories of said planned expenditures and income;
receiving an credit/debit amount from an input source;
first registering said credit/debit amount within said one of said first set of credit/debit registers; and
second registering said credit/debit amount within said one or more of said second set of credit/debit registers.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for budget allocation and account tracking provide enhanced financial management software for households and small businesses. A business method provides service bureaus that use the method and optionally the software to provide personal service. A planning module and an account management module are initialized in an interview process, permitting prioritization of budgetary items that may be fixed or variable. A dual set of registers, one set for budgetary planning and one set for account tracking are initialized and each debit or credit is entered once into each set of registers. The debit/credit entry is entered in the account tracking registers in a register for the account associated with the debit/credit, while the debit/credit entry for the planning registers is entered a category associated with the entry. The software organization allows planning and reporting by category and allocation or reallocation of credits among fixed debits and planned expenses.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for financial management, comprising:
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first assigning a first set of credit/debit registers corresponding to real funds accounts;
second assigning a second set of credit/debit registers for planned expenditures and income corresponding to categories of said planned expenditures and income;
receiving an credit/debit amount from an input source;
first registering said credit/debit amount within said one of said first set of credit/debit registers; and
second registering said credit/debit amount within said one or more of said second set of credit/debit registers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer system comprising:
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a processor for executing server program instructions; and
a memory coupled to said processor for storing said server program instructions, wherein said server program instructions comprise program instructions for;
first assigning a first set of credit/debit registers corresponding to real funds accounts, second assigning a second set of credit/debit registers for planned expenditures and income corresponding to categories of said planned expenditures and income, receiving an credit/debit amount from an input source, first registering said credit/debit amount within said one of said first set of credit/debit registers, and second registering said credit/debit amount within said one or more of said second set of credit/debit registers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product comprising signal-bearing media encoding program instructions for execution within a general-purpose computer system, wherein said program instructions comprise program instructions for:
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first assigning a first set of credit/debit registers corresponding to real funds accounts, second assigning a second set of credit/debit registers for planned expenditures and income corresponding to categories of said planned expenditures and income, receiving an credit/debit amount from an input source, first registering said credit/debit amount within said one of said first set of credit/debit registers, and second registering said credit/debit amount within said one or more of said second set of credit/debit registers. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of doing business from a service bureau that provides financial management services, comprising:
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receiving credit and debit information from a client;
first assigning a first set of credit/debit registers corresponding to real funds accounts;
second assigning a second set of credit/debit registers for planned expenditures and income corresponding to categories of said planned expenditures and income;
first registering said credit and debit information within said first set of credit/debit registers; and
second registering said credit and debit information within said second set of credit/debit registers. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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