Shared expense management

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for managing shared expenses. The systems and methods may include a financial service provider identifying shared expenses in a customer's transaction history with software application executed on a server or personal computing device. The financial service provider may identify other individuals with whom the customer shares the expense, and send requests for reimbursement on the customer's behalf. The financial service provider may monitor the status of reimbursement payments, and send reminders as necessary until the shared expense has been reimbursed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for managing shared expenses, comprising:
 a storage device storing instructions;   a learning engine stored on the storage device, wherein the learning engine is configured to electronically collect and store transaction data from a plurality of users and identify transactions likely reflecting a recurring expense shared by a plurality of individuals; and   at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
 detecting, using the learning engine, a potential recurring shared expense based on purchase transaction information associated with a first user; 
 receiving, from a user device associated with the first user, a confirmation indicating that the potential recurring shared expense corresponds to a recurring shared expense; 
 updating the learning engine based on the confirmation, wherein updating the learning engine comprises updating patterns and thresholds used in automatic shared expense recognition; 
 determining an advance time for sending a request for payment to a request recipient, the advance time being determined based on information associated with the request recipient, a number of reminders transmitted to the request recipient associated with a previous transaction, and a penalty shared by each of the plurality of individuals for a late payment of the recurring shared expense; and 
 transmitting the request for the payment to a device associated with the request recipient indicating a requested share amount, the request for the payment being transmitted at a time prior to a due date of the recurring shared expense based on the advance time. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein identifying the previous transaction comprises determining that the previous transaction is of a similar type as the recurring shared expense. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein identifying the previous transaction comprises determining that the previous transaction occurred at a similar time of month as the recurring shared expense. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving, from the device associated with the first user, a revised share amount; and modifying the requested share amount based on the revised share amount. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the requested share amount is determined using the learning engine, and the operations further comprise updating the learning engine based on the revised share amount. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the advance time is at least partially determined based on the requested share amount. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the advance time is at least partially determined based on a reimbursement performance history associated with the request recipient. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the advance time is unique to the request recipient. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the request recipient comprises a preferred advance time and the advance time is determined based on the preferred advance time. 
     
     
         10 . A method comprising:
 detecting, using a learning engine, a potential recurring shared expense based on purchase transaction information associated with a first user;   receiving, from a user device associated with the first user, a confirmation indicating that the potential recurring shared expense corresponds to a recurring shared expense;   updating the learning engine based on the confirmation, wherein updating the learning engine comprises updating patterns and thresholds used in automatic shared expense recognition;   determining an advance time for sending a request for payment to a request recipient, the advance time being determined based on information associated with the request recipient, a number of reminders transmitted to the request recipient associated with a previous transaction, and a penalty shared by each of a plurality of individuals for a late payment of the recurring shared expense; and   transmitting the request for the payment to a device associated with the request recipient indicating a requested share amount, the request for the payment being transmitted at a time prior to a due date of the recurring shared expense based on the advance time.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein identifying the previous transaction comprises determining that the previous transaction is of a similar type as the recurring shared expense. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein identifying the previous transaction comprises determining that the previous transaction occurred at a similar time of month as the recurring shared expense. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising receiving, from the device associated with the first user, a revised share amount; and modifying the requested share amount based on the revised share amount. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the requested share amount is determined using the learning engine, and wherein the method further comprises updating the learning engine based on the revised share amount. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the advance time is at least partially determined based on the requested share amount. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the advance time is unique to the request recipient. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the advance time is at least partially determined based on a reimbursement performance history of the request recipient. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the information associated with the request recipient comprises a preferred advance time and the advance time is determined based on the preferred advance time. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising receiving, from the device associated with the request recipient, the preferred advance time. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
 detecting, using a learning engine, a potential recurring shared expense based on purchase transaction information associated with a first user;   receiving, from a user device associated with the first user, a confirmation indicating that the potential recurring shared expense corresponds to a recurring shared expense;   updating the learning engine based on the confirmation, wherein updating the learning engine comprises updating patterns and thresholds used in automatic shared expense recognition;   determining an advance time for sending a request for payment to a request recipient, the advance time being determined based on information associated with the request recipient, a number of reminders transmitted to the request recipient associated with a previous transaction, and a penalty shared by each of a plurality of individuals for a late payment of the recurring shared expense; and   transmitting the request for the payment to a device associated with the request recipient indicating a requested share amount, the request for the payment being transmitted at a time prior to a due date of the recurring shared expense based on the advance time.