Personal account tracking system
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1. A system for enabling automated entry of transaction data into a data base for the purpose of tracking specific expenditures, income, assets, and liability items, comprising:
- negotiable instrument means including a tangible medium which carries payment order means for enabling a first party to order a second party to pay a third party for a purchase;
machine readable means on said negotiable instrument means for enabling the first party to manually enter information concerning said payment, other than an amount of said payment, on said negotiable instrument means during preparation of the order by the first party;
automatic reading means for automatically reading said information and entering said information into a database; and
information processing means for processing said information for use by the first party.
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Abstract
A system including both apparatus and a method enables individuals and small businesses to use checks and deposit slips for the purpose of tracking specific expenditures, income, assets, and liability items for budgetary or tax purposes. The checks or bank drafts are provided blanks for entering machine readable data. The system including apparatus for reading the data, processing it, and reporting results to the payor.
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1. A system for enabling automated entry of transaction data into a data base for the purpose of tracking specific expenditures, income, assets, and liability items, comprising:
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negotiable instrument means including a tangible medium which carries payment order means for enabling a first party to order a second party to pay a third party for a purchase; machine readable means on said negotiable instrument means for enabling the first party to manually enter information concerning said payment, other than an amount of said payment, on said negotiable instrument means during preparation of the order by the first party; automatic reading means for automatically reading said information and entering said information into a database; and information processing means for processing said information for use by the first party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for enabling automated entry of transaction data into a data base for the purpose of tracking specific expenditures, income, assets, and liability items, comprising:
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deposit slip means including a deposit slip which carries deposit order means for ordering a second party to deposit funds into an account owned by a first party; machine readable means on said deposit slip for enabling the first party to manually enter information concerning said deposit, other than an amount of said deposit, on said deposit slip during preparation of the order by the first party; automatic reading means for automatically reading said information and entering said information into a database; and information processing means for processing said information for use by the first party.
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11. A method of automatically entering transaction data into a data base for the purpose of tracking expenditures, income, assets, and liability items, comprising the steps of:
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providing machine-readable means for entering machine-readable transaction data, other than data concerning an amount of payment or deposit, on a check or deposit slip; manually entering the data on said machine-readable means; transferring the check or deposit slip from the payor or depositor for the purpose of causing funds to be transferred to or from an account; transferring the check or deposit slip back to the payor or depositor after said funds have been transferred; after transfer back to the payor or depositor, using a machine to read and convert the data into electronic form for further processing and storage in said database; and processing said information for use by the first party. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A device for conveying transaction data to a data base, comprising:
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negotiable instrument/deposit slip means including a tangible medium which carries an order for transferring funds to or from a bank account; machine readable means on said negotiable instrument/deposit slip means for enabling a holder of the bank account to manually enter information concerning said order;
other than an amount of funds transferred, on said negotiable instrument/deposit slip means during preparation of said order, whereby said information upon entry is thereby placed in a form in which it can be automatically read into a database in order to track categories of expenditures, income, assets and liability items of said account holder; and
means for retrieving said information from the data base for use by the account holder.
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