CONTEXT-AWARE MOBILE BANKING SOLUTION

• US 20130030925A1
• Filed: 01/24/2012
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Calman, Matthew A., Kiehn, Margery, Armistead, Jamie, Ross, Erik Stephen, Gupta, Sanchit, Lin, Honray, Nix, Molly, Ramasubramanian, Sriram, Holtzblatt, Shoshana
• Application Number:
  US13/357,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20130030925A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.66
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

A context-aware mobile banking system determines a location of a user of the mobile device, identifies at least one product of interest to the user based at least in part on the determined location of the user, determines based on the determined product of interest, information corresponding to the product of interest, and presents the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user. In some embodiments, the system retrieves user budgeting information including a plurality of budget categories each having an associated budget amount and an associated remaining amount indicating an amount remaining in from the budget amount, determines a budget category from the plurality of budget categories associated with the product of interest, and determines the budget amount and remaining amount associated with the determined budget category. The system then may present information corresponding to the remaining amount and the budget amount to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a mobile device, a location of a user of the mobile device;

identifying at least one product of interest to the user based at least in part on the determined location of the user;

determining, based on the determined product of interest, information corresponding to the product of interest; and

presenting, using the mobile device, the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving input from the user regarding at least one specified product the user is interested in purchasing; and

wherein identifying at least one product of interest comprises determining, based on the determined location of the user and the user input, that the specified product is available proximate the user'"'"'s location.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

retrieving past purchase information associated with the user;

wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises determining information indicating a user pattern of purchasing the product of interest based at least in part on the retrieved past purchase information associated with the user; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest comprises presenting information proposing at least one alternative product as an alternative to purchasing the product of interest.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving past purchase information associated with the user;

wherein identifying at least one product of interest to the user is based at least in part on the retrieved past purchase information associated with the user;

wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises determining information indicating a user pattern of purchasing the product of interest; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest comprises presenting information proposing at least one alternative product as an alternative to purchasing the product of interest.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises:

retrieving user budgeting information comprising a plurality of budget categories each having an associated budget amount and each having an associated remaining amount indicating an amount remaining from the budget amount;

determining a budget category from the plurality of budget categories associated with the product of interest; and

determining the budget amount and remaining amount associated with the determined budget category; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting information corresponding to the remaining amount and the budget amount to the user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting the remaining amount or a spent amount associated with the budget category and indicating an amount having been spent from the budget amount.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining, based on the location of the user, a merchant identity associated with the location;

determining, based on the merchant identity, a merchant category from a plurality of merchant categories; and

wherein determining the budget category from the plurality of budget categories is based at least in part on the determined merchant category of the merchant.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises:

retrieving user budgeting information comprising a plurality of budget categories each having an associated budget amount and each having an associated remaining amount indicating an amount remaining in from the budget amount;

determining a budget category from the plurality of budget categories associated with the product of interest;

determining the budget amount and remaining amount associated with the determined budget category;

determining that the remaining amount associated with the determined budget category is zero or is below a predetermined threshold;

determining a second budget category from the plurality of budget categories that has an associated second remaining amount above a second predetermined threshold; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting, to the user, a proposal to shift some or all the second remaining amount to the remaining amount associated with the budget category of the product of interest.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

shifting, in response to user input accepting the proposal, some or all the second remaining amount to the remaining amount associated with the budget category of the product of interest.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving financial information associated with the user;

determining at least one offer for the user based at least in part on the retrieved financial information associated with the user indicating a potential benefit to the user; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting the offer to the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining at least one offer for the user comprises determining the user has an account maintained by a financial institution;

and

wherein presenting the offer to the user comprises presenting a recommendation that the user use the account associated with the financial institution for purchasing the product of interest.

12. A mobile device comprising:

a computer-readable memory configured to store computer-executable code;

a processing device configured to execute the computer-executable code to;

determine a location of a user of the mobile device;

identify at least one product of interest to the user based at least in part on the determined location of the user;

determine, based on the determined product of interest, information corresponding to the product of interest; and

present the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

receive input from the user regarding at least one specified product the user is interested in purchasing; and

wherein identifying at least one product of interest comprises determining, based on the determined location of the user and the user input, that the specified product is available proximate the user'"'"'s location.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

retrieve past purchase information associated with the user;

wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises determining information indicating a user pattern of purchasing the product of interest based at least in part on the retrieved past purchase information associated with the user; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest comprises presenting information proposing at least one alternative product as an alternative to purchasing the product of interest.

15. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

retrieve past purchase information associated with the user;

wherein identifying at least one product of interest to the user is based at least in part on the retrieved past purchase information associated with the user;

wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises determining information indicating a user pattern of purchasing the product of interest; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest comprises presenting information proposing at least one alternative product as an alternative to purchasing the product of interest.

16. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises:

retrieving user budgeting information comprising a plurality of budget categories each having an associated budget amount and each having an associated remaining amount indicating an amount remaining from the budget amount;

determining a budget category from the plurality of budget categories associated with the product of interest; and

determining the budget amount and remaining amount associated with the determined budget category; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting information corresponding to the remaining amount and the budget amount to the user.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting the remaining amount or a spent amount associated with the budget category and indicating an amount having been spent from the budget amount.

18. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

determine, based on the location of the user, a merchant identity associated with the location;

determine, based on the merchant identity, a merchant category from a plurality of merchant categories; and

wherein determining the budget category from the plurality of budget categories is based at least in part on the determined merchant category of the merchant.

19. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises:

retrieving user budgeting information comprising a plurality of budget categories each having an associated budget amount and each having an associated remaining amount indicating an amount remaining in from the budget amount;

determining a budget category from the plurality of budget categories associated with the product of interest;

determining the budget amount and remaining amount associated with the determined budget category;

determining that the remaining amount associated with the determined budget category is zero or is below a predetermined threshold;

determining a second budget category from the plurality of budget categories that has an associated second remaining amount above a second predetermined threshold; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting, to the user, a proposal to shift some or all the second remaining amount to the remaining amount associated with the budget category of the product of interest.

20. The mobile device of claim 19, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

shift, in response to user input accepting the proposal, some or all the second remaining amount to the remaining amount associated with the budget category of the product of interest.

21. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

retrieve financial information associated with the user;

determine at least one offer for the user based at least in part on the retrieved financial information associated with the user indicating a potential benefit to the user; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting the offer to the user.

22. The mobile device of claim 21, wherein determining at least one offer for the user comprises determining the user has an account maintained by a financial institution;

and

wherein presenting the offer to the user comprises presenting a recommendation that the user use the account associated with the financial institution for purchasing the product of interest.

23. A computer program product comprising a non-transient computer-readable memory configured to stored computer-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to:

determine a location of a user of the mobile device;

identify at least one product of interest to the user based at least in part on the determined location of the user;

determine, based on the determined product of interest, information corresponding to the product of interest; and

present the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user.

24. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

receive input from the user regarding at least one specified product the user is interested in purchasing; and

wherein identifying at least one product of interest comprises determining, based on the determined location of the user and the user input, that the specified product is available proximate the user'"'"'s location.

25. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

retrieve past purchase information associated with the user;

wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises determining information indicating a user pattern of purchasing the product of interest based at least in part on the retrieved past purchase information associated with the user; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest comprises presenting information proposing at least one alternative product as an alternative to purchasing the product of interest.

26. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

retrieve past purchase information associated with the user;

wherein identifying at least one product of interest to the user is based at least in part on the retrieved past purchase information associated with the user;

wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises determining information indicating a user pattern of purchasing the product of interest; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest comprises presenting information proposing at least one alternative product as an alternative to purchasing the product of interest.

27. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises:

retrieving user budgeting information comprising a plurality of budget categories each having an associated budget amount and each having an associated remaining amount indicating an amount remaining from the budget amount;

determining a budget category from the plurality of budget categories associated with the product of interest; and

determining the budget amount and remaining amount associated with the determined budget category; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting information corresponding to the remaining amount and the budget amount to the user.

28. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting the remaining amount or a spent amount associated with the budget category and indicating an amount having been spent from the budget amount.

29. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

determine, based on the location of the user, a merchant identity associated with the location;

determine, based on the merchant identity, a merchant category from a plurality of merchant categories; and

wherein determining the budget category from the plurality of budget categories is based at least in part on the determined merchant category of the merchant.

30. The computer program product of claim 27, wherein determining information corresponding to the product of interest comprises:

retrieving user budgeting information comprising a plurality of budget categories each having an associated budget amount and each having an associated remaining amount indicating an amount remaining in from the budget amount;

determining a budget category from the plurality of budget categories associated with the product of interest;

determining the budget amount and remaining amount associated with the determined budget category;

determining that the remaining amount associated with the determined budget category is zero or is below a predetermined threshold;

determining a second budget category from the plurality of budget categories that has an associated second remaining amount above a second predetermined threshold; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting, to the user, a proposal to shift some or all the second remaining amount to the remaining amount associated with the budget category of the product of interest.

31. The computer program product of claim 30, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

shift, in response to user input accepting the proposal, some or all the second remaining amount to the remaining amount associated with the budget category of the product of interest.

32. The computer program product of claim 23, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:

retrieve financial information associated with the user;

determine at least one offer for the user based at least in part on the retrieved financial information associated with the user indicating a potential benefit to the user; and

wherein presenting the information corresponding to the product of interest to the user comprises presenting the offer to the user.

33. The computer program product of claim 32, wherein determining at least one offer for the user comprises determining the user has an account maintained by a financial institution;

and

wherein presenting the offer to the user comprises presenting a recommendation that the user use the account associated with the financial institution for purchasing the product of interest.

34. A mobile device comprising:

a computer-readable memory configured to store computer-executable code;

a processing device configured to execute the computer-executable code to;

determine that a user of the mobile device has made a purchase of at least one product from a merchant;

retrieve user budgeting information comprising a plurality of budget categories each having an associated budget amount and each having an associated remaining amount indicating an amount remaining from the budget amount;

determine a budget category from the plurality of budget categories associated with the purchased product; and

determine the budget amount and remaining amount associated with the determined budget category; and

present information to the user, the information corresponding to the purchased product and based at least in part on the determined budget amount and remaining amount associated with the purchased product.

35. The mobile device of claim 34, wherein presenting information to the user comprises presenting the budget amount and the remaining amount or a spent amount associated with the budget category and indicating an amount having been spent from the budget amount.

36. The mobile device of claim 34, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

determine that the remaining amount associated with the determined budget category is zero or is below a predetermined threshold;

determine a second budget category from the plurality of budget categories that has an associated second remaining amount above a second predetermined threshold; and

wherein presenting information to the user comprises presenting, to the user, a proposal to shift some or all the second remaining amount to the remaining amount associated with the budget category of the purchased product.

37. The mobile device of claim 36, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

shift, in response to user input accepting the proposal, some or all the second remaining amount to the remaining amount associated with the budget category of the product of interest.