System and method for associating financial transaction data with user's project data using a portable electronic device
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1. A expense reporting system, comprising:
- a portable electronic device comprising a processor and a data storage unit configured to address a remote data storage unit in order to receive financial transaction data;
an expense reporting application comprising;
a transaction retrieval component operable to access the user'"'"'s financial transaction data and generate representations thereof displayable on the display of the portable electronic device;
a category generation engine operable to generate user-defined project category data and representations thereof displayable on the display of the portable electronic device;
a transaction categorization engine operable to associate the user'"'"'s financial transaction data with the user-defined project category data, the transaction categorization engine being further operable to associate a desired portion or percentage of the user'"'"'s financial transaction data with one or more of the user-defined project category data, and optionally, disassociate the user'"'"'s financial transaction data from one or more associated user-defined project category data;
a data record generation engine operable to create a data record containing the user'"'"'s financial transaction data with the user-defined project category data, wherein the data record is in a form suitable for at least one of;
review, storage, modification, analysis, and exportation; and
a data record manipulation component for enabling a user to at least one of;
review a data record, modify a data record, store a data record, analyze a data record, and expert a data record, wherein the data record manipulation component at least enables the user to manually designate a fraction of a single transaction to be associated or disassociated with a selected one of the user-defined project category data representations.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a system for viewing and manipulating a user'"'"'s financial transaction data and a method for associating financial transaction data with a user'"'"'s project data using a portable electronic device.
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1. A expense reporting system, comprising:
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a portable electronic device comprising a processor and a data storage unit configured to address a remote data storage unit in order to receive financial transaction data; an expense reporting application comprising; a transaction retrieval component operable to access the user'"'"'s financial transaction data and generate representations thereof displayable on the display of the portable electronic device; a category generation engine operable to generate user-defined project category data and representations thereof displayable on the display of the portable electronic device; a transaction categorization engine operable to associate the user'"'"'s financial transaction data with the user-defined project category data, the transaction categorization engine being further operable to associate a desired portion or percentage of the user'"'"'s financial transaction data with one or more of the user-defined project category data, and optionally, disassociate the user'"'"'s financial transaction data from one or more associated user-defined project category data; a data record generation engine operable to create a data record containing the user'"'"'s financial transaction data with the user-defined project category data, wherein the data record is in a form suitable for at least one of; review, storage, modification, analysis, and exportation; and a data record manipulation component for enabling a user to at least one of; review a data record, modify a data record, store a data record, analyze a data record, and expert a data record, wherein the data record manipulation component at least enables the user to manually designate a fraction of a single transaction to be associated or disassociated with a selected one of the user-defined project category data representations.
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- 2. The system of claim , further comprising a bar code generation component operable to generate a bar code.
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4. A computer implemented method for expense reporting, the method comprising:
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accessing, using a portable electronic device connected to a network, a user'"'"'s financial transaction data; displaying representations of the accessed user'"'"'s financial transaction data on a display of the portable electronic device; defining project category data and generating representations thereof displayable on the display of the portable electronic device; associating, using a transaction categorization engine, a percentage or portion of the user'"'"'s financial transaction data, represented by selected ones of the user'"'"'s financial transaction representations, with one or more of the user-defined project category data representations; creating a data record having the user'"'"'s financial transaction data with user-defined project category data, wherein the data record is in a form suitable for at least one of;
review, storage, modification, analysis, and exportation andenabling, using a data record manipulation component, the user to manually designate a fraction of a single transaction to be associated or disassociated with a selected one of the user-defined project category data representations. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for viewing and manipulating a user'"'"'s financial transaction data using a portable electronic device, comprising:
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a processor connected to a data storage unit; the data storage unit hosting the user'"'"'s financial transaction data, addressable by a network, and accessible by a remote user on a portable electronic device having a user input means and a display; and an application comprising; a transaction retrieval component operable to access the user'"'"'s financial transaction data and generate representations thereof viewable by a user on the display; a category generation engine operable to generate user-defined project category data and representations thereof viewable to a user on the display; a transaction categorization engine operable to associate selected ones of the user'"'"'s financial transaction data representations with one or more of the user-defined project category data representations, wherein the transaction categorization engine is further operable to associate a percentage or portion of the user'"'"'s financial transaction data represented by one of the selected ones of the user'"'"'s financial transaction representations with one or more of the user-defined project category data representations; a data record generation engine operable to convert the graphical arrangement into a data record, wherein the data record is in a form suitable for at least one of review, storage, modifications, analysis, or exportation; and a data record manipulation component operable to enable the user to manually designate a fraction of a single transaction to be associated or disassociated with a selected one of the user-defined project category data representations. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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