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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2003
Susan B. Cirulli, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Glenn C. Godoy, Endwell, NY (US);
Mark A. Musa, Brackney, PA (US);
Amy J. Snavely, Binghamton, NY (US);
Susan B. Cirulli, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Glenn C. Godoy, Endwell, NY (US);
Mark A. Musa, Brackney, PA (US);
Amy J. Snavely, Binghamton, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Under the present invention, when a requestor submits a request for an item, a single, appropriate back-end system for processing the request is identified. Typically, the back-end system is identified based on the item requested and a location setting within the requestor's profile. The location setting generally indicates the requestor's geographic location and their job responsibility. Once a particular back-end system is identified, subsequent requests in the same order are limited to items that are associated with the identified back-end system. If the requester attempts to request an item that is not available via the identified back-end system, an error message is displayed.