Patent ID: 7698216
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented account reconciliation method for reconciling a plurality of merchant transactions with a plurality of financial account transactions, comprising: authorizing, by a processor, access to said plurality of merchant transactions stored in a merchant database, wherein each of said plurality of merchant transactions includes a first amount and first data, wherein said first data relates to non-monetary information; and authorizing, by said processor, access to said plurality of financial account transactions stored in a financial database, wherein said plurality of financial account transactions includes a first charge and a second charge, wherein said second charge is associated with a change to one of said plurality of merchant transactions in said merchant database; wherein said first charge is matched to said first amount of one of said plurality of merchant transactions in said merchant database, and said first charge is assigned to a department code by writing said department code to a field corresponding to said first charge in said financial database, wherein said department code is part of a plurality of department codes, wherein each of said department codes are associated with a type of merchant transaction, and wherein said second charge in said financial database is associated with said first data of said one of said plurality of merchant transactions in said merchant database, wherein said plurality of merchant transactions does not include said second charge, and wherein said second charge is assigned to said department code associated with said one of said plurality of merchant transactions.