Patent ID: 7624073

Claim:
A method for categorizing a financial transaction via a biometric authorization system, said method comprising: receiving financial transaction information obtained at a point of sale; receiving biometric data at said point of sale; determining, via a biometric authorization system, whether said received biometric data matches one of first and second registered biometric data, wherein said first registered biometric data is associated with a first financial transaction category for a user and said second registered biometric data is associated with a second financial transaction category for the user; categorizing, via the biometric authorization system, said financial transaction information according to said determination, wherein a match of said received biometric data to said first registered biometric data associates said financial transaction information with said first financial transaction category and wherein a match of said received biometric data to said second registered biometric data associates said financial transaction information with said second financial transaction category; and recording an association between said categorized financial transaction information and the associated financial transaction category.