Method and program for transferring information from an application
First Claim
1. ) A method for transferring information from a business application to a recipient, said information comprising a plurality of records associated with said business application, each record having a plurality of value types, comprising:
- instantiating a transfer tool communicatively connected to said business application;
querying, by said transfer tool, of said business application for identifiers identifying value types within the information desired to be transferred to said recipient;
receiving by said transfer tool, responsively to said querying, a plurality of identifiers identifying the value types desired to be transferred to said recipient;
acquiring from said business application the value types to be transferred in accordance with said identifiers;
exporting said value types to be transferred to said recipient, wherein said recipient is allowed to generate at least one recipient address record in accordance with the transferred value types.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a transfer tool for transferring data from a business application to a different application, such as waybill generating software. The process involves integrating a transfer tool with a business application to allow a user of the business application to specify data to be transferred to the different application. The specified data may be tailored to address information required by the different application, such as address information for a waybill generating software tool.
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31 Claims
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1. ) A method for transferring information from a business application to a recipient, said information comprising a plurality of records associated with said business application, each record having a plurality of value types, comprising:
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instantiating a transfer tool communicatively connected to said business application;
querying, by said transfer tool, of said business application for identifiers identifying value types within the information desired to be transferred to said recipient;
receiving by said transfer tool, responsively to said querying, a plurality of identifiers identifying the value types desired to be transferred to said recipient;
acquiring from said business application the value types to be transferred in accordance with said identifiers;
exporting said value types to be transferred to said recipient, wherein said recipient is allowed to generate at least one recipient address record in accordance with the transferred value types. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. ) A computer-readable medium tangibly embodying instructions for exporting information from a business application operating on a business application computer, said information comprising a plurality of records associated with said business application, each record having a plurality of values associated with said record, said plurality of values being organized into value types, which, when executed by a computer, implement a process comprising the steps of:
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instantiating a transfer tool on said business application computer, said business application computer including the business application having information to be transferred resident thereon;
querying a user for identifiers identifying value types desired to be transferred to said recipient software;
receiving from said user a plurality of identifiers identifying value types desired to be transferred to said recipient software;
acquiring from said business application the values to be transferred in accordance with said identifiers; and
exporting said values to be transferred. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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