Categorization of summarized information

• US 8,266,515 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2010
• Issued: 09/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yodlee Incorporated (Envestnet Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Yodlee.com, Inc. (Envestnet Incorporated)
• Inventors: Satyavolu, Ramakrishna
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Maikhanh
• Application Number:
  US12/719,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169168A1
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/201, 715/202, 715/203, 715/204, 715/205, 715/206, 715/207, 715/209, 715/226, 715/229, 715/234, 715/243, 715/253, 715/254, 715/256, 715/273, 715/733, 715/760, 715/861, 705/1.1, 705/14.17, 705/14.23, 705/14.49, 705/14.51, 705/14.53, 705/26.41, 705/29, 705/341, 705/35, 705/40, 705/52, 705/53, 705/77, 705/78, 709/201, 709/202, 709/203, 709/204, 709/205, 709/209, 709/212, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54

Abstract

A system for categorizing transactions includes a collection function gathering information concerning transactions, including at least date, description and amount of the transactions, for a particular person or enterprise, and a processing function categorizing individual ones of the collected transactions according to at least part of the transaction description.

Claims

1. An Internet connected server having software executing from memory providing a system for sorting and reporting financial transaction information, comprising:

a collector function of the software, the collector function navigating to one or more network information sites and retrieving therefrom financial transaction information regarding expenditures associated with a specific person or enterprise, the transaction information including at least date, description and amount of the transactions;

an input function of the software enabling a user to provide to the system a request for a summary of transactions over a specific range of dates;

according to types and category of expenditures;

a processing function parsing the collected transaction descriptions for determining an purpose expenditure category from a plurality of possible expenditures for each expenditure, using pre-stored description characteristics associated with each category, and summarizing those transactions that meet the category and fall into the date range; and

a reporting function of the software reporting the summarized transactions,

wherein expenditure categories are developed from information taken from communication between users and the system,

wherein a probability algorithm is used in developing the expenditure categories, and

wherein the expenditure categories are periodically amended according to further information that is collected and processed.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the reporting function provides a total transaction amount with the summarized transactions for each purpose.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the system further comprises a function storing past transaction history associated with the particular person or enterprise.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the past transaction history is used to predict future transaction statistical information.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein a summary is provided for a first plurality of persons or enterprises subscribing to the system according to requests entered by a second plurality of persons or enterprises subscribing to the system.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the system reports to users through the Internet network.

7. A method for sorting and reporting financial transaction information, comprising:

(a) navigating to one or more network information sites by a collector software function executing from memory of an Internet-connected server and retrieving therefrom financial transaction information regarding expenditures associated with a specific person or enterprise, the transaction information including at least date, description and amount of the transactions;

(b) providing by a user to the system through an input function of the software a request for a summary of transactions over a specific range of dates, according to types and category of expenditures;

(c) parsing the collected transaction descriptions by a processing function, determining an purpose expenditure category from a plurality of possible expenditures for each expenditure, using pre-stored description characteristics associated with each category, and summarizing those transactions that meet the purpose and fall into the date range; and

(d) reporting the summarized transactions by a reporting function of the software,

wherein expenditure categories are developed from information taken from communication between users and the system,

wherein a probability algorithm is used in developing the expenditure categories, and

wherein the expenditure categories are periodically amended according to further information that is collected and processed.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the reporting function provides a total transaction amount with the summarized transactions for each expenditure.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the system further comprises a function storing past transaction history associated with the particular person or enterprise.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the past transaction history is used to predict future transaction statistical information.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein a summary is provided for a first plurality of persons or enterprises subscribing to the system according to requests entered by a second plurality of persons or enterprises subscribing to the system.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the system reports to users through the Internet network.