Automatic business date determination systems and methods
OwnerRobert Reiner, Patrick Karcherinventors
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products consistent with the invention provide automatic determination of a date, such as the posting date, associated with a business document or business data that is entering into a data processing system, such as a financial, accounting, or ERP data processing system. For example, a system may automatically determine the posting date for an invoice entered by a user, without the user having to manually determine and type in the posting date.
Claims28
A method for determining a date for business data, carried out by a data processing system, comprising:
- receiving business data related to an organization;
- presenting a set of choices for date information;
- receiving a selection from the set of choices for date information;
- determining a date for the received business data based on the selection and accounting information related to the organization;
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- presenting the determined date for the received business data.
A computer program product for determining a date for business data, comprising code for causing a processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving business data related to an organization;
- presenting a set of choices for date information;
- receiving a selection from the set of choices for date information;
- determining a date for the received business data based on the selection and accounting information related to the organization;
- and
- presenting the determined date for the received business data.
A method for determining a date for business data, comprising:
- inputting business data related to an organization into a data processing system;
- selecting date information from a set of choices;
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- prompting the data processing system to determine a date for the input business data based on the date information and accounting information related to the organization, wherein the organization uses the determined date for accounting purposes.
A system for determining a date for business data comprising:
- a receiver for receiving business data related to an organization from a user and for receiving a selection from the set of choices for date information from a user;
- a display for presenting a set of choices for date information to a user;
- a storage device for storing financial information related to the organization;
- a processor, connected to the receiver and storage device, for determining a date for the received business data based on the received selection and the financial information related to the organization;
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- a transmitter, connected to the processor, for transmitting the determined date for the received business data.
A user interface apparatus comprising:
- a display for displaying, to a user, a finite set of items representing a business date to associate with a set of business data;
- an input device for selecting a one of the a finite set of items representing a business date;
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- a processor for determining a date to associate with the set of business data based on the selected one of the a finite set of items and on financial information related to an organization.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.