Publicly accessible deferred purchasing system
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1. A method for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the method comprising:
- receiving from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
), wherein the DPR comprises an item description for an item to be purchased and an issue date when a purchase order is to be issued to a vendor;
creating the purchase order in dependence upon the DPR; and
issuing the purchase order to the vendor on the issue date.
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Abstract
Publicly accessible purchasing systems including receiving from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“DPR”), in which the DPR includes a DPR identification, a purchaser identification, an item description of an item to be purchased, an identification of a vendor, and an issue date when a purchase order is to be issued to the vendor. Embodiments also include creating the purchase order in dependence upon the DPR, and issuing the purchase order to the vendor on the issue date.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the method comprising:
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receiving from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
), wherein the DPR comprises an item description for an item to be purchased and an issue date when a purchase order is to be issued to a vendor;
creating the purchase order in dependence upon the DPR; and
issuing the purchase order to the vendor on the issue date. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the method comprising:
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receiving from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
), wherein the DPR comprises an item description for an item to be purchased;
creating a purchase order in dependence upon the DPR; and
issuing the purchase order to a vendor on a date subsequent to the date the DPR is created. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A system for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the system comprising:
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means for receiving from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
), wherein the DPR comprises an item description for an item to be purchased and an issue date when a purchase order is to be issued to a vendor;
means for creating the purchase order in dependence upon the DPR; and
means for issuing the purchase order to the vendor on the issue date. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the system comprising:
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means for receiving from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
), wherein the DPR comprises an item description for an item to be purchased;
means for creating a purchase order in dependence upon the DPR; and
means for issuing the purchase order to a vendor on a date subsequent to the date the DPR is created. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A computer program product for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the computer program product comprising:
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a recording medium;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
), wherein the DPR comprises an item description for an item to be purchased and an issue date when a purchase order is to be issued to a vendor;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating the purchase order in dependence upon the DPR; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for issuing the purchase order to the vendor on the issue date. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer program product for operating a publicly accessible purchasing system, the computer program product comprising:
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a recording medium;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving from a purchaser in a publicly accessible purchasing system, a deferred purchase request (“
DPR”
), wherein the DPR comprises an item description for an item to be purchased;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a purchase order in dependence upon the DPR; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for issuing the purchase order to a vendor on a date subsequent to the date the DPR is created. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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