Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Bruce Alan Oney

Allen Ray Harrison

Murli Challappa

Paolo Censi

James H White

A system is disclosed for storing and maintaining a plurality of field orders and a corresponding plurality of invoices. This system allows a supplier and a buyer to easily view and obtain copies of one or more of the field orders and their corresponding invoices when proper security constraints are satisfied. The system includes a computer server adapted to receive input data comprising a plurality of field orders and a corresponding plurality of invoices, the field orders and the invoices being stored in a memory of the server. A processor of the server will execute a software package stored in a memory of the server called a report generation software. When the report generation software is executed by the processor of the server, a 'special report' is available for display on the server's recorder or display device, that 'special report' being adapted to be viewed by either the buyer or the supplier. On that &#x2018;special report&#x2019;, there are three columns. A first column consists of a plurality of descriptions of goods or services. A second column consists of a plurality of field orders. A third column consists of a plurality of invoices corresponding, respectively, to the plurality of field orders. The &#x2018;special report&#x2019; can be viewed by the buyer when the buyer accesses the supplier's server via the internet and initiates an &#x2018;automatch&#x2019; function. However, before accessing the supplier's server, the buyer must first input certain security constraints, such as username and password.

Data collection method and report generation apparatus including an automatch function for generating a report illustrating a field order and associated invoice

An apparatus, system, and method are provided for receiving requirements information from a user via a web browser. The request and the requirements information are received by a web server and forwarded to a correlation engine. The correlation engine is operatively connected to, among other things, a catalog database listing various products that are available to the user, a pricing database that contains price information for a plurality of the products, an advisor database that contains feature information about the products, and a client relationship manager that retains information about the user. The correlation engine correlates the data from the various database through appropriate function modules in order to determine which product best suits the user's requirements based on price, availability, and feature set. The user is presented with a coherent set of choices and is thus enabled to select one or more items from those choices to consummate a sale for the products.

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Sugar Land, TX, United States of America

Bruce Alan Oney