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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Alexander Grendel, Bad Schönborn, DE;
Markus Welter, Ottweiler, DE;
Inventors:
Alexander Grendel, Bad Schönborn, DE;
Markus Welter, Ottweiler, DE;
Assignee:
SAP Aktiengesellschaft, Waldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of processing a purchase order is disclosed. The method includes receiving an electronic purchase order in a current one of a plurality of order periods for a designated delivery period, accessing a budget allocation corresponding to said delivery period, and providing an acceptance or a rejection of the electronic purchase order based at least partially on a budget portion of the current order period. The budget allocation includes a budget portion corresponding to each of the plurality of order periods.