ENTITY LINKING IN OPEN EXCHANGE PLATFORMS
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1. In a system that provides an open exchange environment to connect business entities through a network, a computer-implemented method comprising:
- enabling links to be established between a first business entity and respective second entities; and
for each established link, defining a business relationship between the first business entity and the respective second business entity based on information received from one or more of the first business entity and the second business entity, and enabling an action to be taken with respect to the established link.
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Abstract
In a system that provides an open exchange environment to connect business entities through a network, methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for enabling links to be established between a first business entity and respective second entities; and for each established link, defining a business relationship between the first business entity and the respective second business entity based on information received from one or more of the first business entity and the second business entity.
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34 Claims
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1. In a system that provides an open exchange environment to connect business entities through a network, a computer-implemented method comprising:
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enabling links to be established between a first business entity and respective second entities; and for each established link, defining a business relationship between the first business entity and the respective second business entity based on information received from one or more of the first business entity and the second business entity, and enabling an action to be taken with respect to the established link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions to cause a machine in a system that provides an open exchange environment to connect business entities through a network to:
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enable links to be established between a first business entity and respective second entities; and for each established link, define a business relationship between the first business entity and the respective second business entity based on information received from one or more of the first business entity and the second business entity, and enable an action to be taken with respect to the established link. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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