US 2002/0165872 A1Published application

Tool for building documents for commerce in trading partner networks and interface definitions based on the documents

AssigneeCommerce One Operations, Inc.

InventorsBart Alan Meltzer, Terry Allen, Matthew Daniel Fuchs, Robert John Glushko, Murray Maloney

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Abstract

Machine readable documents connect businesses with customers, suppliers and trading partners. The self defining electronic documents, such as XML based documents, can be easily understood amongst the partners. Definitions of these electronics business documents, called business interface definitions, are posted on the Internet, or otherwise communicated to members of the network. The business interface definitions tell potential trading partners the services the company offers and the documents to use when communicating with such services. Thus, a typical business interface definition allows a customer to place an order by submitting a purchase order or a supplier checks availability by downloading an inventory status report. Also, composition of the input and output documents, coupled with interpretation information in a common business library, programs the transaction in a way which closely parallels the way in which paper based businesses operate.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for establishing participant interfaces for transactions executed on a system including a network interface and a data processing resources which execute a transaction processes of the transactions according to a transaction processing architecture;

comprising:
programs of instructions executable by the system, stored on a medium accessible by the system, providing tools to build a definition of a participant interface for a participant in a particular transaction, the definition of a participant interface including a definition of an input document for the participant and a definition of an output document for the participant, the definitions of the input and output documents comprising respective machine-readable descriptions of sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units;
and
programs of instructions executable by the system, stored on a medium accessible by the system and responsive to the definitions of the input and output documents, to compile data structures corresponding to the sets of storage units and logical structures of the input and output documents compliant with the transaction processing architecture, to compile instructions executable by the system to translate the input document to the corresponding data structures, and to compile instructions executable by the system to translate output of the transaction processes into the sets of storage units and logical structures of the output document.

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Apparatus for establishing participant interfaces for transactions executed on a system;

comprising:
memory storing data and programs of instructions;
a data processor coupled to the memory which executes the programs of instructions;
wherein the programs of instructions include
tools to build a definition of a participant interface for a participant in a particular transaction, the definition of a participant interface including a definition of an input document for the participant and a definition of an output document for the participant, the definitions of the input and output documents comprising respective machine-readable descriptions of sets of storage units and logical structures for the sets of storage units;
and
a compiler, responsive to the definitions of the input and output documents, to compile data structures corresponding to the sets of storage units and logical structures of the input and output documents compliant with the transaction processing architecture, to compile instructions executable by the system to translate the input document to the corresponding data structures, and to compile instructions executable by the system to translate output of the transaction processes into the sets of storage units and logical structures of the output document.

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Facts

Application: 10/044,450Filed 10 Jan 2002
Priority: 16 Oct 1998
Published: 7 Nov 2002
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06Q 99/00
Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
G06Q 10/06
Administration; Management: resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation…
G06Q 20/10
Payment architectures: specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
G06Q 20/209
Point-of-sale [POS] network systems: specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output

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Application09/173,858Continuation · filed 16 Oct 1998
Application10/044,450Continuation · filed 10 Jan 2002
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