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`United States Patent
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`Satyavolu
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45; Date of Patent:
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`US 7,752,535 B2
`Jul. 6, 2010
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`CATEGORIZATION OF SUMMARIZED
`INFORMATION
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`4.987.538 A
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`]fl99l
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`Johnson et 3].
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`(54)
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`(75)
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`Inventor: Ramakrishna Satyavolu, Fremont, CA
`(US)
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`(73)
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`Assignee:
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`Yod|ec.com, Ine.. Redwood City. C A
`(113)
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`(*)
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`Notice:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term oflhis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. ]54(b) by 0 days.
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`Appl. No.: 1 lf293,350
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`(22)
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`Filed:
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`Dec. 1, 2005
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`(65)
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`(60)
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`(51)
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`(52)
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`(53)
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`(56)
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2()06f0]()l323 Al
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`May 1]. 2006
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`Continuation-in-part of application No. (}9f737.-404,
`filed on Dec. 14. 2000. now abandoned. which is a
`division of application No. 092323 .598. filed on Jun. 1,
`1999. now Pat. No. 6.199.0?7.
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`Int. Cl.
`G06F 1' 7/00
`G06F 15/76
`G06F 1 7/30
`U.S. Cl.
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`ABSTRACT
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`A system for categorizing transactions includes a collection
`function gathering infonnation concerning transactions.
`including at least dale, description and amount of the trans-
`actions. for a particular person or enterprise. and a processing
`function categorizing, individual ones of tl1e collected trans-
`actions according to at least part of the transaction descrip-
`tion.
`II1 preferred embodiments oi‘ the system a variety of
`categorization methods for collected inforinalioit may be nti -
`lized including at least categorizing by providing individual
`categories according to category definition entered by a spe-
`cific user or on behalf of an enterprise. Categorization may
`also be done for a first plurality of persons or enterprises
`according to category definition entered by a second plurality
`of persons or enterprises. or categories are developed from
`iiifiirtnalioli taken from eonnrittriication between users and
`the system. Probability algorithms may also be used in devel-
`oping categories.
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`l0 Claims, 7 Drawing Sheets
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