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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Trevor D. Dryer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark R. Shulman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew J. Homier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Derrick R. Chao, San Francisco, CA (US);
Trevor D. Dryer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark R. Shulman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew J. Homier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Derrick R. Chao, San Francisco, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, computerized methods and computer program products for alerting consumers during on-line transactions. A consumer utilizes a browser executing on a computer to begin an on-line transaction. An add-on such as a plug-in to the browser detects that the consumer has begun an on-line transaction. The add-on accesses an account of the consumer hosted by a financial management system and compares alert criteria and data of the on-line transaction and before the on-line transaction is completed, generates an alert that is displayed to the consumer if execution of the on-line transaction would generate a pre-determined result relative to the alert criteria, e.g., if the transaction causes the consumer to go over budget or a bank account balance would drop below a certain level. The alert can be a passive notification or an active alert that invokes a waiting or cooling off period or prevents the consumer from completing the transaction.