Process & transformation private exchange
First Claim
1. An Exchange Input, a first sender, a first recipient, all connected to a network, where the Exchange Input consists of means to send and to receive a file using the network;
- a process description, a sequence of process nodes; and
means for file transformation from a first file format to a standard file format; and
means to store a file in standard format in a data storage medium, wherein the process description includes a first process node for the receipt of a file in the first format from a first sender, a second process node for transforming the file to the standard file format, a third process node for the storage of the transformed file in standard format such that the Exchange Input receives a file in the first format from the first sender, transforms the file to the standard format, and stores the transformed file in the standard format.
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Abstract
This invention is related to electronic information transfer between trading partners and more particularly to the processing and distribution of information in a variety of transformable formats.
In the present invention, a process and transformation private exchange includes a process description, a sequence of process nodes, where the process and transformation private exchange receives information in a first format, executes a process node that translates information in a first format into a standard format, a second process node translates the information in standard format into a second format, and a third process node to send the information in the second format. The process description may include process nodes that operate on the information in the standard format.
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19 Claims
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1. An Exchange Input, a first sender, a first recipient, all connected to a network, where the Exchange Input consists of means to send and to receive a file using the network;
- a process description, a sequence of process nodes; and
means for file transformation from a first file format to a standard file format; and
means to store a file in standard format in a data storage medium, wherein the process description includes a first process node for the receipt of a file in the first format from a first sender, a second process node for transforming the file to the standard file format, a third process node for the storage of the transformed file in standard format such that the Exchange Input receives a file in the first format from the first sender, transforms the file to the standard format, and stores the transformed file in the standard format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- a process description, a sequence of process nodes; and
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7. An Exchange Output, a first sender, a first recipient, all connected to a network, where the Exchange Output consists of means to send and to receive a file using the network;
- a process description, a sequence of process nodes; and
means for file transformation from a standard file format to a second file format; and
means to retrieve a file stored in standard format in a data storage medium, wherein the process description includes a first process node for retrieving a file stored in standard format, a second process node for transforming the file in standard format to the second file format, a third process node for sending of the transformed file in the second format to the first recipient such that the Exchange Output retrieves a file in standard format, transforms the file to the second format, and sends the transformed file in the second format to the first recipient. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
- a process description, a sequence of process nodes; and
- 12. A Process and Transformation Private Exchange consisting of an Exchange Input and an Exchange Output where the files stored in the data storage medium by the Exchange Input may be retrieved by the Exchange Output.
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