Intuit, Inc.

Andrew B Firstenberger

Eugene Krivopaltsev

Sammy Lee

Sreeneel K Maddika

Grace Pariante

Bobby G Bray, Jr

Bobby G Bray

Bobby G Bray Jr

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that verifies user access to accounts. One example method for verifying user access to accounts involves: receiving, at a processing apparatus via a network, a request to access a feature of a first account; obtaining, by the processing apparatus from a data repository in communication with the processing apparatus, one or more transactions of a first account; obtaining, by the processing apparatus from the data repository, one or more transactions of a second account; matching, by execution of a processor of the processing apparatus, at least one of the one or more transactions of the first account to at least one of the one or more transactions from the second account; generating, by execution of the processor of the processing apparatus, a first verification of ownership of the first account by a user based on the matching at least one of the one or more transactions of the first account to the at least one of the one or more transactions from the second account; and enabling the user to access the feature of the first account based on the first verification of ownership.

Automatic transaction-based verification of account ownership

The disclosed embodiments provide a system that verifies user access to financial accounts. During operation, the system obtains a first set of financial data representing one or more financial transactions of a first financial account. Next, the system matches the one or more financial transactions to a second set of financial data representing issuance of the one or more financial transactions from a second financial account. The system then uses the matched financial transactions to automatically generate a first verification of ownership of the first financial account by a user without requiring input associated with the one or more financial transactions from the user.

During an information-extraction technique, visual suitability indicators may be displayed to a user of the electronic device to assist the user in acquiring an image of a document that is suitable for subsequent extraction of textual information. For example, an imaging application executed by the electronic device may display, in a window associated with the imaging application, a visual suitability indicator of a tilt orientation of the electronic device relative to a plane of the document. When the tilt orientation falls within a predefined range, the electronic device may modify the visual suitability indicators to provide visual feedback to the user. Then, the electronic device may acquire the image of the document using an imaging device, which is integrated into the electronic device. Next, the electronic device may extract the textual information from the image of the document using optical character recognition.

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Andrew B Firstenberger