Automatic budget tracking and notification
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorJeremiah Joseph Akin
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Abstract
A system and method of automatic budget tracking and notification are described. Location information corresponding to a user may be received. A current budget category for the user may be determined based on the location information. A budget quantity corresponding to the current budget category may be stored on a database. A remaining quantity corresponding to the current budget category may be caused to be displayed to the user on a mobile device. The remaining quantity may represent an amount of the budget quantity that is available to be expended. The remaining quantity and the budget quantity corresponding to the current budget category may be monetary quantities. The location information may be received via a social networking check-in application.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a database configured to store a budget quantity corresponding to a budget category for a user;
- a budget tracking and notification module, executable by the at least one processor, configured to:
- receive location information corresponding to the user;
- determine that the budget category is a current budget category for the user based on the location information;
- determine a remaining quantity corresponding to the current budget category, the remaining quantity representing an amount of the budget quantity that is available to be expended;
- and
- cause the remaining quantity corresponding to the current budget category to be displayed to the user on a mobile device.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving location information corresponding to a user;
- determining, by a machine, a current budget category for the user based on the location information, wherein a budget quantity corresponding to the current budget category is stored on a database;
- and
- causing a remaining quantity corresponding to the current budget category to be displayed to the user on a mobile device, the remaining quantity representing an amount of the budget quantity that is available to be expended.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a set of operations comprising:
- receiving location information corresponding to a user;
- determining a current budget category for the user based on the location information, wherein a budget quantity corresponding to the current budget category is stored on a database;
- and
- causing a remaining quantity corresponding to the current budget category to be displayed to the user on a mobile device, the remaining quantity representing an amount of the budget quantity that is available to be expended.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.