Patent ID: 8041618
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method carried out by a computer processing system for financial analysis of a business entity, wherein financial activity of the business entity is represented by a plurality of accounts with inflows and outflows over time, the method comprising: i) interacting with a user to define at least one impact group, the impact group specifying a time period type, at least one account of the business entity and a set of distribution factors associated with said at least one account; ii) storing first data on the computer processing system, the first data representing the at least one impact group; iii) interacting with a user of the computer processing system to define at least one entry, the entry specifying at least a value, a date and at least one impact group associated with the entry; iv) storing second data on the computer processing system, the second data representing a respective the at least one entry; v) processing the first data and second data on the computer processing system to generate data representing values and corresponding dates of a plurality of inflows or outflows for at least one particular account, wherein the respective entry of the second data processed in v) is associated with a given impact group of the first data processed in v), the at least one particular account for the plurality of inflows and outflows generated in v) is specified by the given impact group, the values for the plurality of inflows and outflows generated in v) are based upon the distribution factors of the given impact group, and the dates for the plurality of inflows and outflows generated in v) are based upon the time period type of the given impact group; and vi) storing the data generated in v) on the computer processing system for subsequent financial analysis of the business entity.