Patent ID: 7912747
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An interactive budget and forecast system comprising: one or more chart of accounts to retain hierarchical data concerning accounts that describe various aspects of a business, the one or more chart of accounts are sortable by date; a calendar alignment component that defines a starting time period in a selectable calendar time period; the calendar alignment component locates a time period that matches the defined starting time period of the selectable calendar time period; the calendar alignment component is programmed to align a plurality of time periods associated with the retained data relative to the defined starting day of the selectable calendar time period such that each day in each of the plurality of time periods is matched and aligned with a corresponding day in the calendar time period to facilitate day-by-day analysis of the retained data for each respective day in the plurality of time periods matched and aligned with the corresponding day in the calendar time period; the calendar alignment component is programmed to align the plurality of time periods associated with the retained data relative to the defined starting day of the selectable calendar time period such that each corresponding day is a same day of the week as each respective day aligned thereto, and where at least one day in the calendar time period has an account attribute associated therewith that affects the operating characteristics of a business, the account attribute corresponds to an external event; and a processor that executes the calendar alignment component.