Interface module for document-based electronic business processes based on transactions
First Claim
1. Interface module for carrying out transaction-based electronic commerce wherein the interface module (1) is connected between a terminal (4) and a data network (8), such as the internet for example and has a module (1, 3) for displaying (14) and monitoring the flow of useful data (5, 6) to and from the terminal (4), the display module having access to templates (12) to enable the useful data transmitted to be displayed as documents with the help of the templates.
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Abstract
An interface module is used for carrying out transaction-based electronic commerce. The interface module (1) is connected between a terminal (4) and a data network (8), such as the internet for example, in this case. Also provided is a module (1, 3) for displaying (14) and monitoring the flow of useful data (5, 6) to and from the terminal (4), the display module accessing document templates (12) to allow the useful data transmitted to be displayed as documents.
A further aspect is that an interface system is provided for connecting systems, heterogeneous ones where required, together via a data network, the system having interface modules which represent the link between the possibly heterogeneous systems, and the data transmission being performed on the basis of transactions by means of defined communications states at the transmitting and receiving ends.
An interface for transmitting useful data on a data network has in this case:
a company- and/or sector-specific configuring object which defines processes,
a template object which defines format templates for documents which are used for carrying out business processes defined in the configuring object, and
an interface object which assigns destinations on the data network intended for given processes, to act as partners in the processes.
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32 Claims
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1. Interface module for carrying out transaction-based electronic commerce wherein
the interface module (1) is connected between a terminal (4) and a data network (8), such as the internet for example and has a module (1, 3) for displaying (14) and monitoring the flow of useful data (5, 6) to and from the terminal (4), the display module having access to templates (12) to enable the useful data transmitted to be displayed as documents with the help of the templates.
- 12. Method of carrying out document-based electronic commerce, wherein an interface module (1) is connected between a terminal (4) and a data network (8) such as the internet for example, characterised by the step of displaying (14) and monitoring the flow of useful data (5, 6) to and from the terminal (4) as documents by interpreting the useful data by means of templates stored in the interface module (1).
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23. Interface module for displaying the flow of data (5, 6) between a terminal (4) and a data network (8) such as the internet for example, having:
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a monitoring layer (3) for displaying and monitoring the flow of useful data (5, 6) to and from the terminal (4) a logic layer for interpreting, converting and transferring data to the terminal (4) and data network (8), and a file layer (13) in which templates (12) are stored, with an interpreter application (10) processing incoming and/or outgoing useful data to and/or from the logic layer (11) by means of these templates (12) which allows the useful data to be displayed in the form of documents. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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