Debt trending systems and methods
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1. A computing system for providing information associated with a plurality of consumer debts, the system comprising:
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a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium storing software modules configured for execution by the computing system, the modules including at least;
a financial data integration module configured to retrieve financial data associated with a user, wherein the financial data comprises at least a credit report of the user, the financial data integration module being further configured to extract account information regarding each of a plurality of debt accounts associated with the user from the financial data, wherein the debt accounts are selected from the group comprising at least credit card, mortgage, automobile loan, and personal loan, and the account information for at least some of the debt accounts comprises one or more of an outstanding balance and a monthly payment amount; and
a debt trending module configured to generate a graphical user interface comprising information that is based on at least the account information for at least some of the debt accounts, the graphical user interface including at leasta graphical indication of a total debt for each of a plurality of previous months based on calculated sums of outstanding balances for each of the plurality of debt accounts at the respective previous month; and
a graphical indication of a total debt estimate for one or more future months based on calculated sums of estimated outstanding balances for each of the plurality of debt accounts at the respective future month based at least in part on one or more historical trends in paying at least some of the debt accounts.
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Abstract
A debt trending device accesses credit reports and/or other financial data that is available from one or more financial data sources, for a user and extracts financial account information. The debt trending device may then analyze the account information in order to generate debt trending information that indicates in the form of lists, tables, graphs, charts, etc., information regarding multiple debt accounts associated with the user.
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1. A computing system for providing information associated with a plurality of consumer debts, the system comprising:
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a processor; a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium storing software modules configured for execution by the computing system, the modules including at least; a financial data integration module configured to retrieve financial data associated with a user, wherein the financial data comprises at least a credit report of the user, the financial data integration module being further configured to extract account information regarding each of a plurality of debt accounts associated with the user from the financial data, wherein the debt accounts are selected from the group comprising at least credit card, mortgage, automobile loan, and personal loan, and the account information for at least some of the debt accounts comprises one or more of an outstanding balance and a monthly payment amount; and a debt trending module configured to generate a graphical user interface comprising information that is based on at least the account information for at least some of the debt accounts, the graphical user interface including at least a graphical indication of a total debt for each of a plurality of previous months based on calculated sums of outstanding balances for each of the plurality of debt accounts at the respective previous month; and a graphical indication of a total debt estimate for one or more future months based on calculated sums of estimated outstanding balances for each of the plurality of debt accounts at the respective future month based at least in part on one or more historical trends in paying at least some of the debt accounts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing debt information for a plurality of debt accounts associated with a user, the method comprising:
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receiving consumer information identifying a consumer, the consumer information comprising at least one of a consumer'"'"'s name, social security number, and residence address; transmitting at least some of the consumer information to a credit data source that maintains historical credit information for a plurality of consumers; receiving credit information associated with the consumer from the credit data source; detecting, by a computing device, one or more financial accounts in the received credit information, the financial accounts selected from the group comprising at least credit card and loan accounts; determining, by the computing device, account information associated with each of the detected financial accounts, wherein the account information comprises one or more of an outstanding balance, a periodic minimum payment amount, an interest rate, and a payoff date; determining, by the computing device, estimated outstanding balances and/or periodic minimum payment amounts for one or more future periods for each of one or more financial accounts; determining total estimated outstanding balances and/or total periodic minimum payment amounts based on the determined outstanding balances and/or periodic minimum payment amounts for each of the one or more financial accounts; and
,generating one or more user interfaces comprising the determined total estimated outstanding balances for each of a plurality of periods prior to a current period and one or more periods after the current period. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of providing information associated with a plurality of consumer debts, the method comprising:
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accessing, by a computing device, financial data associated with a user, wherein the financial data comprises at least a credit report of the user; identifying, by the computing device, account information regarding each of a plurality of debt accounts associated with the user from the financial data; and generating, by the computing device, a graphical user interface comprising information regarding a total debt for each of a plurality of previous months based at least on calculated sums of outstanding balances for each of the plurality of debt accounts at the respective previous month as determined from at least the identified account information, the graphical user interface further comprising information regarding total debt estimate for one or more future months based on calculated sums of estimated outstanding balances for each of the plurality of debt accounts at the respective future month based at least in part on a historical trend in paying each of the plurality of the debt accounts. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computing system comprising:
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a processor; a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform the steps of; accessing financial data associated with a user, wherein the financial data comprises at least a credit report of the user; identifying account information regarding each of a plurality of debt accounts associated with the user from the financial data; and based at least on the identified account information, generating a first graphical user interface comprising information regarding a total debt for each of a plurality of previous months based at least on calculated sums of outstanding balances for each of the plurality of debt accounts at the respective previous month, the first graphical user interface further comprising information regarding total debt estimates for one or more future months based on calculated sums of estimated outstanding balances for each of the plurality of debt accounts at the respective future month. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method of determining estimated debt information for each of a plurality of debt accounts associated with a consumer, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a consumer computing device account information associated with each of a plurality of debt accounts associated with the consumer from a debt trending device, wherein the debt trending device is configured to extract the account information from at least a credit report of the consumer; and based at least on the received account information, generating, by the consumer computing device, a graphical user interface comprising information regarding estimated total debt for one or more future months based on calculated sums of estimated outstanding balances for each of the plurality of debt accounts at the respective future month, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises information regarding a total monthly minimum payment for each of a plurality of previous months based at least on calculated sums of monthly minimum payments for each of the plurality of debt accounts at respective previous month.
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