Method and system for building audit rule sets for electronic auditing of documents
AssigneeEncomia, L.P.
InventorAndrew Dubinsky
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Abstract
A software-based method and system is described for building audit rule sets for auditing electronic documents. The method and system include an editor, schemas, a processing engine, and documents or a document creation engine. The system and method give users a visual interface for building audit rule sets to examine electronic documents for compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Claims20
A method for creating documents with variable source data and testing the documents for compliance with applicable rules, the method comprising:
- populating a document having static data with the variable source data;
- creating an audit rule-set using preconfigured audit rules;
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- testing the document using the audit rule-set to determine whether the document complies with the applicable rules.
The method of clam 1 wherein the audit rule-set is presented visually to a user in a hierarchical format showing the execution order of the audit rules forming the audit rule-set.
A system for creating documents with variable source data and testing the documents for compliance with applicable rules, the method comprising:
- a rule pane holding one or more preconfigured rules usable in auditing the documents;
- a rule-set editor allowing a user to assemble audit rule-sets from the rules in the rule plane, the rule-set editor operable to create relationships between each rule in response to user commands;
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- a properties pane that includes descriptions of each rule in the rules pane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.