Method and system for manipulating purchase information
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a server, purchase information relating to multiple purchase transactions made using one or more portable consumer devices;
assigning each purchase to a transaction category within a plurality of transaction categories, wherein each purchase is associated with a merchant classification code;
customizing the transaction categories; and
creating a report showing purchases made under the customized transaction categories.
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Abstract
A method and system for generating customized categories for financial transaction reports associated with portable consumer devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, a financial transaction reporting system is configured to track and output a user'"'"'s financial transactions associated with the user'"'"'s portable consumer device for both credit and debit transactions. The system and method automatically assigns financial transactions associated with their credit and/or debit cards with a transaction category such as business, travel, meals and entertainment, etc. based on predefined and/or user-defined merchant categorization codes. The user on a server is provided with the capability to customize the merchant categorization codes and the content of reports derived from the user'"'"'s financial transactions. The user may customize the report content to specific transaction categories, sub-categories, and time periods.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a server, purchase information relating to multiple purchase transactions made using one or more portable consumer devices;
assigning each purchase to a transaction category within a plurality of transaction categories, wherein each purchase is associated with a merchant classification code;
customizing the transaction categories; and
creating a report showing purchases made under the customized transaction categories. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving at a server, registrations for one or more portable consumer devices;
receiving purchase information for the one or more portable consumer devices;
associating a transaction category to at least some of the purchase information, wherein the transaction category is derived from the purchase information; and
generating a report including the purchase information for the one or more consumer devices, wherein different users are able to register a specific number of portable consumer devices and generate reports only with respect to those registered portable consumer devices. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A financial tracking and reporting system, the system comprising:
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a financial data input system capable of receiving financial transactions from portable consumer devices;
a data categorization system capable of categorizing at least some of the financial transactions into one of a plurality of transaction categories based on a merchant classification code, wherein the data categorization system is capable of customizing the transaction categories in response to a user input; and
a transaction reporting system capable of generating financial reports using at least some categorized financial transactions. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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