Mobile expense capture and reporting

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method executed at least in part in a computing device for facilitating expense capture and reporting, the method comprising:
automatically detecting an expenditure facilitated through a transaction module of a mobile computing device; determining whether an expense entry associated with the detected expenditure is to be recorded by user activation or automatically; in response to detecting an expense document associated with the detected expenditure within a field of view of a camera of the mobile computing device, displaying an expense capture user interface for activation on the mobile computing device; receiving expense information through the expense capture user interface from the user, wherein at least a portion of the expense information is automatically filled in; presenting one or more options on the expense capture user interface for the user to accept, reject, and edit the portion of the expense information automatically filled in; and upon completion of the expense capture, transmitting the expense information wirelessly to an expense management service through a defined interface of the expense management service to automatically fill fields of the expense management service such that the expense management service is configured to perform one or more accounting services.