Patent ID: 6014640
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
For an accounting system comprising a plurality of accounts, the accounts comprising a plurality of terminal accounts, and a plurality of rules for allocating an amount among the terminal accounts, each rule comprising a plurality of coefficients equal in number to the number of accounts, and each coefficient being in a one-to-one correspondence with one of the accounts; a computer-implemented allocation method comprising the steps of:a. constructing a square matrix with a plurality of rows equal in number to the number of accounts, and a plurality of columns equal in number to the number of accounts;b. filling each row of the matrix with a different one of the rules so that each coefficient of that rule is in the column corresponding to the account to which that coefficient corresponds;c. transforming the matrix into a final matrix that permits one-step allocation of the amount among the terminal accounts;d. creating a final rule from each final row in the final matrix, each final rule comprising a plurality of coefficients equal to the final coefficients of that final row; ande. allocating the amount among the terminal accounts according to the final rules.