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Tracking usage of data elements in electronic business communications

  • US 20060106746A1
  • Filed: 11/12/2004
  • Published: 05/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product being operable to cause data processing apparatus to:

  • receive an electronic document comprising instances of business data elements, the electronic document having a format corresponding to a business communication schema, wherein the business communication schema includes a set of predefined business data elements for use in transacting electronic business;

    identify an instance of a particular business data element in the electronic document; and

    increment a counter associated with the particular business data element in response to identifying an instance of the particular business data element.

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