Method and system for a cloaking service for use with a distributed virtual enterprise
First Claim
1. A method for processing data for electronic business transactions, the method comprising:
- receiving a document for an electronic business transaction from a first entity in an electronic marketplace;
retrieving a set of cloaking preferences for the first entity;
modifying the document in accordance with the set of cloaking preferences; and
forwarding the modified document to a second entity in an electronic marketplace.
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Abstract
A cloaking service participates in an electronic marketplace to process documents associated with electronic business transactions. Different types of marketplace participants or business entities within the electronic marketplace can use the cloaking service to hide information about their electronic business transactions for a variety of reasons: to maintain the confidentiality of proprietary data; to hide the origination of a business transaction or the identity of participants to a business transaction; or to minimize the visibility of various aspects of their business transactions, including the quantity of business transactions. Entities register cloaking preferences with the cloaking service, and rather than sending documents directly into the electronic marketplace, a business entity sends its documents to the cloaking service, which then modifies the documents in accordance with the previously registered set of cloaking preferences prior to forwarding the modified documents.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for processing data for electronic business transactions, the method comprising:
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receiving a document for an electronic business transaction from a first entity in an electronic marketplace;
retrieving a set of cloaking preferences for the first entity;
modifying the document in accordance with the set of cloaking preferences; and
forwarding the modified document to a second entity in an electronic marketplace. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for processing data for electronic business transactions, the method comprising:
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generating a first document for an electronic business transaction by a first entity in an electronic marketplace; and
sending the first document through a cloaking service to a second entity in the electronic marketplace. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for processing data for electronic business transactions, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a document for an electronic business transaction from a first entity in an electronic marketplace;
means for retrieving a set of cloaking preferences for the first entity;
means for modifying the document in accordance with the set of cloaking preferences; and
means for forwarding the modified document to a second entity in an electronic marketplace. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for processing data for electronic business transactions, the apparatus comprising:
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means for generating a first document for an electronic business transaction by a first entity in an electronic marketplace; and
means for sending the first document through a cloaking service to a second entity in the electronic marketplace. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use in a data processing system for processing data for electronic business transactions, the computer program product comprising:
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instructions for receiving a document for an electronic business transaction from a first entity in an electronic marketplace;
instructions for retrieving a set of cloaking preferences for the first entity;
instructions for modifying the document in accordance with the set of cloaking preferences; and
instructions for forwarding the modified document to a second entity in an electronic marketplace. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An computer program product for processing data for electronic business transactions, the computer program product comprising:
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instructions for generating a first document for an electronic business transaction by a first entity in an electronic marketplace; and
instructions for sending the first document through a cloaking service to a second entity in the electronic marketplace. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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