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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Carlos Hoyos, Campinas, BR;
Marcelo Perazolo, Cary, NC (US);
Viswanath Srikanth, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Woodward S. Aichner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Carlos Hoyos, Campinas, BR;
Marcelo Perazolo, Cary, NC (US);
Viswanath Srikanth, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Woodward S. Aichner, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of using constrained payments to enforce complex payment policies in electronic commerce (e-commerce) systems. An order capture component generates at least a first relationship object that corresponds to a first payment constraint rule. If an order item is placed in a shopping cart, and if the order item is associated with one or more payment constraint rules, and if one or more pre-conditions corresponding to the one or more payment constraint rules are satisfied, then the order capture component implements the one or more payment constraint rules. If one or more post-conditions corresponding to the one or more payment constraint rules are satisfied, then the order capture component submits a purchasing order from the shopping cart that includes the order item, such that the order item is constrained by the one or more payment constraint rules.