Notification processing system
First Claim
1. A method for processing a charge account report for periodic display to a user, said method comprising:
- selectively presenting a user preference screen on a user display device;
enabling said user to define a customized report display by selecting user preferences with regard to variable characteristics of said charge account report, wherein one of said user preferences represents a minimum transaction amount to be included in said customized report display; and
periodically assembling charge account transaction data to include in said customized report display.
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Abstract
Account transaction reports from a bank card account for example, are assembled and sent by electronic mail or “email” to the email address of the account owner. An input screen is presented to allow the user to input the user preferences with regard to the substance of the report. The account owner is enabled to approve or disapprove each of the listed charges and return a user-approved marked-up report showing which of the listed transactions have been approved and/or disapproved by the user. The user-approved listing is returned to the account administrator and a printed acknowledgement of receipt of the user-approved listing is returned to the user by electronic mail.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for processing a charge account report for periodic display to a user, said method comprising:
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selectively presenting a user preference screen on a user display device;
enabling said user to define a customized report display by selecting user preferences with regard to variable characteristics of said charge account report, wherein one of said user preferences represents a minimum transaction amount to be included in said customized report display; and
periodically assembling charge account transaction data to include in said customized report display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A storage medium including machine readable coded indicia, said storage medium being selectively coupled to a reading device, said reading device being selectively coupled to processing circuitry within a computer system, said reading device being selectively operable to read said machine readable coded indicia and provide program signals representative thereof, said program signals being effective to enable a processing of a charge account report for periodic display of said report to a user, said program signals being selectively operable to accomplish the steps of:
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selectively presenting a user preference screen on a user display device;
enabling said user to define a customized report display by selecting user preferences with regard to variable characteristics of said charge account report, wherein one of said user preferences represents a minimum transaction amount to be included in said customized report display; and
periodically assembling charge account transaction data to include in said customized report display. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
sending said customized report display to said user display device by email.
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19. The medium as set forth in claim 18 wherein said program signals are further effective for sending said customized report display to said user display device as an attachment to said email.
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20. The medium as set forth in claim 18 wherein said program signals are further effective for sending said customized report display to said user display device as an integral portion of said email.
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21. The medium as set forth in claim 18 wherein said customized report display is sent to said user automatically by an account server through a network connection.
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22. The medium as set forth in claim 18 wherein said customized report display is encrypted prior to sending said email, said customized report display being de-encrypted by said user after receiving said email.
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23. A processing system comprising:
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a user terminal, said user terminal further including a system bus, a CPU device connected to said system bus, a memory device connected to said system bus, an input device connected to said system bus, said input device being arranged to enable user input to said user terminal, and a user display device connected to said system bus; and
a server terminal, said server terminal being selectively operable for being connected to said user terminal, said processing system being selectively operable for enabling a processing of a charge account report for periodic display of said report on said user display device, said processing comprising selectively presenting a user preference screen on said user display device for enabling said user to define a customized report display by selecting user preferences with regard to variable characteristics of said charge account report, wherein one of said user preferences represents a minimum transaction amount to be included in said customized report display, said processing further including periodically assembling charge account transaction data to include in said customized report display.
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Specification