ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PROCESS

• US 20070271160A1
• Filed: 08/08/2007
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
• Inventors: Domaracki, Greg, Stone, James
• Application Number:
  US11/835,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20070271160A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/28 Pre-payment schemes, e.g. "pay before"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

Techniques for performing an accounts payable process may include receiving transaction data including at least one of invoice data, purchase order data, and vendor data; and verifying a transaction by matching a dynamic data set of client-specified multi-dimensional criteria to the transaction data. An accounts payable system may include a host system in communication with one or more client systems. The host system may include a matching database configured to receive an accounts payable file including at least one of invoice data, purchase order data, and vendor data; and verify a transaction by matching a dynamic data set of client-specified multi-dimensional records to attributes of the accounts payable file.

Claims

1-33. -33. (canceled)

34. An accounts payable system comprising:

a host system in communication with one or more client systems, the host system including a matching database configured to;

receive an accounts payable file including at least one of invoice data, purchase order data, and vendor data; and

verify a transaction by matching a dynamic data set of client-specified multi-dimensional records to attributes of the accounts payable file.

35. The accounts payable system of claim 34, wherein the host system is accessible by at least one client system across a network.

36. The accounts payable system of claim 35, wherein the network comprises a wireless communications network.

37. The accounts payable system of claim 35, wherein the network comprises at least one of the Internet and World Wide Web.

38. The accounts payable system of claim 34, wherein the matching database stores the client-specified records for a customer.

39. The accounts payable system of claim 34, wherein the client-specified records comprise at least one of purchase order files, vendor profiles, and invoice files associated with a particular customer.

40. The accounts payable system of claim 34, wherein the matching database is configured to perform matching according to client-specific matching rules.

41. The accounts payable system of claim 34, wherein the matching database is configured to communicate probable matches to at least one client system.

42. The accounts payable system of claim 41, wherein the matching database is configured to allow the client system to manually select at least one probable match.

43. The accounts payable system of claim 34, further comprising a data transmission input device configured to communicate transaction information to the matching database.

44. The accounts payable system of claim 34, further comprising an unmatched processor configured to receive accounts payable files that are not matched to a client-specified record.

45. The accounts payable system of claim 34, further comprising a matched file processor configured to receive and process accounts payable files that are matched to a client-specified record.

46. An accounts payable system comprising:

means for receiving transaction data including at least one of invoice data, purchase order data, and vendor data; and

means for verifying a transaction by matching a dynamic data set of client-specified multi-dimensional criteria to the transaction data.

47. The accounts payable system of claim 46, wherein the means for verifying further comprises means for identifying a set of probable matches based on client-specified criteria.

48. A computer program stored on a computer-readable medium, the computer program comprising instructions to:

receive transaction data including at least one of invoice data, purchase order data, and vendor data; and

verify a transaction by matching a dynamic data set of client-specified multi-dimensional criteria to the transaction data.

49. The computer program of claim 48, further comprising instructions to identify a set of probable matches based on client-specified criteria.

50. The computer program of claim 48, wherein the computer-readable medium comprises at least one of a disk, a device, and a propagated signal.