Method and system for business information networks

• US 20030126000A1
• Filed: 12/23/2002
• Published: 07/03/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inner Circle Logistics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Inner Circle Logistics, Inc.
• Inventors: Clendenin, John A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,155,455 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

Sharing business information. Establishing a plurality of user access profiles visible. Establishing small-to-medium enterprise (SME) client processes operative upon user direction, in accordance with the access profiles, to perform at least one of: access SME supply chain data, translate SME supply chain data from a native format to a common format, and transmit common format SME supply chain data via the at least one communications network. Establishing, for each SME client process, a SME host process, operative upon user direction, for the corresponding SME and in accordance with the access profiles, to perform at least one of: receive the common format supply chain data, and respond to queries of received common format supply chain data.

Claims

1. A method for sharing business information in a network, the network having users, users comprising individuals from at least one small-to-medium enterprise (SME) having SME supply chain data, the method comprising:

establishing a plurality of user access profiles visible over a communications network, one user access profile per user;

establishing at least one SME client process, each SME client process;

in communication with;

at least one SME supply chain data system and

the communications network; and

operative upon user direction, in accordance with the access profiles, to perform at least one of;

access SME supply chain data,

translate SME supply chain data from a native format to a common format, and

transmit common format SME supply chain data via the at least one communications network;

establishing, for each SME client process, a SME host process, the SME host process;

in communication with the communications network;

operative upon user direction, for the corresponding SME and in accordance with the access profiles, to perform at least one of;

receive the common format supply chain data, and

respond to queries of received common format supply chain data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein users further comprise individuals associated with at least one original equipment manufacturer (OEM), at least one OEM having OEM supply chain data, the method further comprising:

establishing at least one OEM client process, each OEM client process;

in communication with;

at least one OEM supply chain data system and

the at least one communications network; and

operative, in accordance with the access profile, to perform at least one of;

access OEM supply chain data,

translate OEM supply chain data from a native format to a common format,

transmit common format OEM supply chain data via the at least one communications network.