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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
George A. Hansen, Danville, CA (US);
Marko Rukonic, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin R. Weiss, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Jim Del Favero, Redwood City, CA (US);
George A. Hansen, Danville, CA (US);
Marko Rukonic, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin R. Weiss, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Jim Del Favero, Redwood City, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system that determines a standard payee name for a payee is presented. During operation, the system receives a non-standard payee name, wherein the non-standard payee name can be a user-defined payee name, which is defined by a user, or a normalized payee name, which is defined by a financial institution. Next, the system determines whether the non-standard payee name is associated with the standard payee name by using the non-standard payee name to search through data structures containing associations between one or more of the following: user-defined payee names and normalized payee names; user-defined payee names and standard payee names; and normalized payee names and standard payee names. If the non-standard payee name is associated with a standard payee name, the system can perform specified actions.