METHOD FOR MANAGING GROUP FINANCES VIA AN ELECTRONIC NETWORK
First Claim
1. A machine-readable medium including instructions which when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform operations comprising:
- establishing a group fund corresponding to a shared expense of a group that includes a plurality of group members;
receiving transaction details via an electronic network, the transaction details describing the shared expense and identifying at least one of the plurality of group members responsible for the group expense;
assigning the transaction details to the group; and
allocating the shared expense specified by the transaction details among the plurality of group members of the group.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of managing group finances via an electronic network. Transaction details are received from a member of group via an electronic network. The transaction details preferably include a shared expense containing an expense amount and at least one group member responsible for the expense. The transaction details are then assigned to the group and a payment specified-by the-transaction-details is allocated-among-group members-of-the-group. The method is repeated for a plurality of transactions. The finances of the group may also be balanced using accounting mathematics. Furthermore, an original expense value may be rounded up to a new expense value having a predefined number of decimal places, and a difference distributed between the new expense value and the original expense value to a third party.
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48 Claims
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1. A machine-readable medium including instructions which when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform operations comprising:
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establishing a group fund corresponding to a shared expense of a group that includes a plurality of group members; receiving transaction details via an electronic network, the transaction details describing the shared expense and identifying at least one of the plurality of group members responsible for the group expense; assigning the transaction details to the group; and allocating the shared expense specified by the transaction details among the plurality of group members of the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
a server controlled by a financial institution, the server comprising, a memory; and a data processor to execute instructions, wherein execution of the instructions is to cause receipt of transaction details via an electronic network, the transaction details describing a group expense and identifying at least one of the plurality of group members as being responsible for the group expense, wherein execution of the instructions is to cause allocation of the group expense specified by the transaction details among one or more of the plurality of group members of the group, and is to cause storage of the transaction details and the allocation of the group expense in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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establishing a group fund corresponding to a shared expense of a group that includes a plurality of group members; receiving a request from a current group member of the plurality of group members to add a new group member to the plurality of group members; transmitting the request to the new group member; adding, based on input from the new group member, the new group member to the plurality of group members; and allocating the shared expense among the plurality of group members that includes the new group member. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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establishing a group fund of a group that includes a plurality of group members; deleting a group member of the plurality of group members; and allocating funds in the group fund assigned to the group member being deleted among remaining group members of the plurality of group members. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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establishing a group fund for payment of a shared expense of a group that includes a plurality of group members; assigning a transaction to the group fund, the transaction being associated with the shared expense; and modifying the transaction based on input from a group member of the plurality of group members. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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establishing a group fund for a group that includes a plurality of group members; receiving a transaction to remunerate one or more group members, the transaction being to credit the group fund; assigning the transaction to the group; and allocating the credit specified by the transaction among the one or more group members to be remunerated. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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