Mobile expense capture and reporting

US9009070B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kyle S. Young · Duvall, US
• Michael Ehrenberg · Seattle, US
• Freddy Kristiansen · Helsinge, DK
• Sunil Garg · Redmond, US
• Lisa Mueller · Seattle, US
• Sangram Salunkhe · Redmond, US
• Daniel Schuster · Portland, US
• Alvin Manalastas · Bellevue, US
• Nitinkumar Shah · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 14, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile computing device based expense capture and reporting system is provided. A mobile expense capture application is an integral part of a networked expense management service such as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) service. A user interface enables users to enter expense related information and accept/reject/edit prompted values for various entries. Upon completion of the entries, the information is transmitted to the networked service and/or stored locally. At least a portion of the information is automatically provided based on a location and/or action of the user. Furthermore, the mobile computing device is capable of capturing an expense document and retrieving at least some of the expense information from the captured document.