Patent ID: 6609095
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
An electronic financial accounting system comprising:a financial record keeping unit having a housing; a microprocessor positioned within an interior of said housing; said microprocessor having a memory including RAM memory storage and ROM memory storage; a display screen coupled to said housing, said display screen being operationally coupled to said microprocessor for displaying images transmitted from said microprocessor; a plurality of functional keys coupled to said housing, said function keys being operationally coupled to said microprocessor; a scroll direction key coupled to said housing, said scroll direction key being operationally coupled to said microprocessor for scrolling through said images displayed by said display screen; a speaker coupled to said housing, said speaker being operationally coupled to said microprocessor for producing sounds generated by said microprocessor; a microphone positioned within said interior of said housing, said microphone being positioned proximate a microphone screen portion of said housing for receiving spoken financial information from a user; a speach recognition system operationally coupled to said microprocessor for converting said spoken financial information into processable data for said microprocessor; said housing having a data input port operationally coupled to said microprocessor for facilitating hardwired inputting of financial data to said microprocessor; said housing having a data output port operationally coupled to said microprocessor for facilitating hardwired exporting of financial data from said microprocessor; one of said functional keys being an update key wherein stored financial records of said financial record keeping unit are compared to financial records of an input source for identification of financial records recorded in the input unit since a last update of said stored financial records; and said stored financial records being altered to include said financial records recorded by said input unit since the last update of said stored financial records.