Intuit Inc.
Method to use transaction, account, and company similarity clusters derived from the historic transaction data to match new transactions to accounts

Abstract:

A method and system groups user accounts in a financial management system based on the similarities of the financial transactions associated with the accounts. The method and system groups merchants involved in the financial transactions based on how financial transactions involving the merchants are sorted into groups of merchants. The method and system group users based on how the users sort financial transactions into their accounts. The method and system assist users to sort future financial transactions based on the groups of accounts, the groups of merchants, and the groups of users.