Single or multi-company business accounting system and method for same including vendor account maintenance
AssigneeHantz Group, Inc.
InventorRoy H. GELERMAN
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Abstract
A computer implemented method for vendor account maintenance using a single or multi-company accounting system is provided. The method comprises at a processor, performing the vendor account maintenance on one or more vendors within the system including at least one of i) splitting the vendor into two different vendors as of a specified search criteria based on one or more checks that pay one or more vouchers associated with the vendor; and ii) merging two or more of the vendors into a single vendor as of a specified search criteria based on one or more checks that pay one or more vouchers associated with each of the two or more vendors.
Claims18
A computer implemented method for vendor account maintenance using a single or multi-company accounting system that operates on a computer arrangement and which is accessible by one or more persons defining an interface user, the method comprising:
- at a processor, performing the vendor account maintenance on one or more vendors within the single or multi-company system including at least one of:
- i) splitting the vendor into two different vendors within the single or multi-company accounting system as of a specified search criteria based on one or more checks that pay one or more vouchers associated with the vendor;
- and
- ii) merging two or more of the vendors into a single vendor within the single or multi-company accounting system as of a specified search criteria based on one or more checks that pay one or more vouchers associated with each of the two or more vendors.
The method according 2 wherein if the identified checks or associated vouchers as of the specified search criteria are posted to the general ledger, then a vendor attribute will change to correspond to the second vendor instead of the first vendor.
The method according 9 wherein if the first identified checks or the associated vouchers are posted to the general ledger, then a vendor attribute will change to correspond to the second vendor instead of the first vendor.
A single or multi-company accounting system for providing a computer implemented method for vendor account maintenance and which is accessible by one or more persons defining an interface user, the system comprising:
- a computer arrangement operative to:
- perform the vendor account maintenance on one or more vendors within the single or multi-company system including at least one of:
- i) splitting the vendor into two different vendors within the single or multi-company accounting system as of a specified search criteria based on one or more checks that pay one or more vouchers associated with the vendor;
- and
- ii) merging two or more of the vendors into a single vendor within the single or multi-company accounting system as of a specified search criteria based on one or more checks that pay one or more vouchers associated with each of the two or more vendors.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for providing a computer implemented method for vendor account maintenance used within a single or multi-company accounting system which is accessible by one or more persons defining an interface user, the set of instructions to direct a processor to perform acts of:
- performing the vendor account maintenance on one or more vendors within the single or multi-company system including at least one of:
- i) splitting the vendor into two different vendors within the single or multi-company accounting system as of a specified search criteria based on one or more checks that pay one or more vouchers associated with the vendor;
- and
- ii) merging two or more of the vendors into a single vendor within the single or multi-company accounting system as of a specified search criteria based on one or more checks that pay one or more vouchers associated with each of the two or more vendors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.