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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Bart Alan Meltzer, Aptos, CA (US);
Terry Allen, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Matthew Daniel Fuchs, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert John Glushko, San Francisco, CA (US);
Murray Maloney, Pickering, CA;
Bart Alan Meltzer, Aptos, CA (US);
Terry Allen, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Matthew Daniel Fuchs, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert John Glushko, San Francisco, CA (US);
Murray Maloney, Pickering, CA;
Open Invention Network, LLC, Pound Ridge, NY (US);
Abstract
Machine readable documents connect businesses with customers, suppliers and trading partners. The self defining electronic documents, such as XML based documents, can be easily understood amongst the partners. Definitions of these electronics business documents, called business interface definitions, are posted on the Internet, or otherwise communicated to members of the network. The business interface definitions tell potential trading partners the services the company offers and the documents to use when communicating with such services. Thus, a typical business interface definition allows a customer to place an order by submitting a purchase order or a supplier checks availability by downloading an inventory status report. Also, composition of the input and output documents, coupled with interpretation information in a common business library, programs the transaction in a way which closely parallels the way in which paper based businesses operate.