System and method for multi-source transaction processing

• US 20060218054A1
• Filed: 05/26/2006
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Versata Software, Inc. (ESW Capital, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Versata Computer Industry Solutions Incorporated (ESW Capital, LLC)
• Inventors: Gilbert, Phil G., Postelnik, Igor, Goldfein, Jocelyn E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,126,777 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0619 Neutral agent
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A system and method for multi-source transaction processing receives order requests from a client system operated by a user. The order requests may include order placements and order inquiries. For example, an order request may be a placement for a computer system and associated peripherals. The user may have particular fulfillment organization preferences, and different components of the computer system and associated peripherals may be fulfilled by different fulfillment partners. Accordingly, the orders order requests are processed by an order request servicing system to, for example, split the order request into multiple processed order requests and each of the processed order requests is associated with an order request management system and prepared for transmission to the associated order request management system. The order request management systems can utilize the processed order requests to fulfill the order request. The order request management systems transmit order request management system data which provides, for example, order status information, financial information, and other data. The order request servicing system may, for example, internally process the order request management system data associated with an order request, transmit the order request management system data to the client system, or transmit the order request management system data to another system depending upon the nature of the order request management system data. Thus, the order request servicing system can transparently link users to one or more order request management systems. Additionally, the order request management systems can be linked together over a network, such as the Internet, to provide a network of order request management systems.

Claims

1. A transaction processing method utilizing an order request servicing system for transmitting order requests to one or more order request management systems (“

ORMSs”

) and integrating respective ORMS data, the method comprising;

receiving an order request;

selecting at least one ORMS from the plurality of ORMSs based on the order request;

if only one ORMS is selected;

processing the order request to generate a processed order request;

transmitting the processed order request to the selected ORMS;

receiving ORMS data associated with the transmitted processed order request from the selected ORMS; and

processing the ORMS data to generate first processed ORMS data; and

if a plurality of ORMSs are selected;

processing the order request to generate a plurality of processed order requests;

for each of the processed order requests, transmitting the processed order request to one of the selected ORMSs;

receiving respective ORMS data from each of the selected ORMSs, wherein ORMS data from each of the selected ORMSs is associated with the processed order request transmitted to each selected ORMS; and

processing the received plurality of ORMS data to generate second processed ORMS data.

2-3. -3. (canceled)