Informing consumers about carbon usage based on purchases
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1. A method of processing financial data, comprising:
- determining if a relationship exists between a particular item of said financial data and a quantifiable quality-related characteristic; and
generating data quantifying usage of said quality-related characteristic based on a particular item of said financial data.
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Abstract
A method of processing financial data may include determining if a relationship exists between a particular item of said financial data and a quantifiable quality-related characteristic. It may further include generating data quantifying usage of the quality-related characteristic based on a particular item of financial data.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of processing financial data, comprising:
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determining if a relationship exists between a particular item of said financial data and a quantifiable quality-related characteristic; and
generating data quantifying usage of said quality-related characteristic based on a particular item of said financial data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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9. The method according to claim 9, wherein said financial statement includes at least a portion of said financial data and at least a portion of said data quantifying usage.
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15. A method of associating carbon emissions information with credit card use information, comprising:
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gathering said credit card use information;
analyzing said credit card use information for association with said carbon emissions information, comprising;
inputting information about correlation between said credit card use information and said carbon emissions information; and
applying said information about correlation to said credit card use information to generate corresponding carbon emissions information; and
outputting said credit card use information and said carbon emissions information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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23. An apparatus for analyzing financial data, comprising:
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a financial data analysis engine to receive financial data, the financial data analysis engine to analyze said financial data;
to correlate said financial data with carbon emissions information relating to said financial data; and
to generate carbon emissions data corresponding to said financial data; and
a statement generating engine coupled to receive said financial data and said carbon emissions data and to generate at least one financial statement including both said financial data and said carbon emissions data.
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