Abstract: A note automation server automatically generates medical notes for appointments between patients and physicians. The note automation server generates a fingerprint for each upcoming appointment between a patient and physician using information from an EHR system and information stored on the note automation server. The fingerprint includes information about the patient, including demographic information and medical history. The note automation server identifies an appropriate note template and billing codes for the appointment using the fingerprint and an audio file recorded by a physician during and/or after an appointment. The fingerprint, audio file, and note template are used complete of the medical note. The completed medical note and billing codes are exported to the EHR system, where it is accessed by the physician. The note automation server monitors the EHR system to see if the physician modified the medical note or a billing code.

Abstract: A method to complete a sales transaction. The method includes (a) obtaining, by a merchant mobile device, a digital image of a financial card of a consumer, wherein the digital image captures a code and an account number, (b) requesting a payment of the sales transaction by (i) extracting, by a processor of the merchant mobile device using optical character recognition, the account number and the code, (ii) identifying a depository financial institution and a consumer financial account based on the code and the account number, respectively, and (iii) sending a request to the depository financial institution to transfer an amount of the payment from the consumer financial account to a merchant financial account controlled by the merchant, and (c) receiving, by the merchant mobile device, a confirmation of completing the electronic funds transfer, wherein the sales transaction is completed in response to the confirmation.

Abstract: A method for generating a pricing estimate involves displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) to obtain and display data associated with the pricing estimate, receiving items of the pricing estimate receiving a request to generate the pricing estimate, and obtaining, in response to receiving the request, pricing data for the items from a pricing server collecting pricing data from suppliers. The method further involves accessing a pricing rule relating to items of the pricing estimate, applying the pricing rule to the pricing data for the items to obtain adjusted pricing data, populating the GUI with the adjusted pricing data, calculating a total estimated cost based on adjusted pricing data and displaying the total estimated cost within the GUI.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that automatically associates a foreign currency with an accounting object. First, a name is received from a user. Next, an association between the name and the foreign currency is determined, wherein the foreign currency is different from a home currency. Then, the accounting object is automatically associated with the foreign currency associated with the name.