Patent ID: 7856403

Claim:
A method for processing checks, comprising: capturing check data from a check, wherein the check data includes payee information; identifying a category of the check based at least in part on the payee information; updating a user account of a user with the category and at least a portion of the check data; receiving, at a check processing system, a first edit to the check data from the user; updating, with a processor of the check processing system, a handwriting profile of the user based on the received first edit; using the handwriting profile to improve an accuracy of subsequently captured check data with the processor of the check processing system; receiving, at the check processing system, a second edit to the category from the user; determining, with the processor of the check processing system, whether to accept the received second edit; and if the received second edit is accepted, using, with the processor of the check processing system, the received second edit to categorize relevant expenditures of the user made to a payee associated with the payee information.