Method and process for providing relevant data, comparing proposal alternatives, and reconciling proposals, invoices, and purchase orders with actual costs in a workflow process
First Claim
89. A process for enhancing a workflow system by providing supportive information for a project, wherein a buyer provides at least one request for at least one good or at least one service, and at least one good and at least one service for the project, and a seller provides at least one response to the at least one request, the process comprising:
- providing a request template in a buyer interface, wherein the buyer develops the at least one request;
inserting an information source link into the request template;
notifying the seller that the request template is available for access and review in a seller interface;
responding to a selection of the information source link by the seller by displaying the supportive information in the seller interface.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a process and system for matching buyers and sellers of either goods or services, or goods and services for a project. The invention enables a buyer to specify a project in terms of physical, functional, temporal, financial, and transactional parameters that can be automatically converted, by the present invention, into at least one request for either goods or services, or goods and services to perform work related to the project. The requests are suitably provided to at least one seller. Upon receiving a request, the seller may submit a response to the request, as desired. The invention provides a forum for the negotiation of any agreements and the formation of contracts to provide the requested, or alternative goods or services, or goods and services, as well as reconciliation of purchase orders, actual field costs, and invoices.
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103 Claims
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89. A process for enhancing a workflow system by providing supportive information for a project, wherein a buyer provides at least one request for at least one good or at least one service, and at least one good and at least one service for the project, and a seller provides at least one response to the at least one request, the process comprising:
- providing a request template in a buyer interface, wherein the buyer develops the at least one request;
inserting an information source link into the request template;
notifying the seller that the request template is available for access and review in a seller interface;
responding to a selection of the information source link by the seller by displaying the supportive information in the seller interface. - View Dependent Claims (97, 101, 102)
- providing a request template in a buyer interface, wherein the buyer develops the at least one request;
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90. A process for enhancing a workflow system by providing supportive information for a project, wherein a buyer provides at least one request for at least one good or at least one service, and at least one good and at least one service for the project, and a seller provides at least one response to the at least one request, the process comprising:
- providing a response template in a seller interface, wherein the seller develops the at least one response to the at least one request;
inserting an information source link into the response template;
notifying the buyer that the response template is available for access and review in a buyer interface;
responding to a selection of the information source link by the buyer by displaying the supportive information in the buyer interface. - View Dependent Claims (103)
- providing a response template in a seller interface, wherein the seller develops the at least one response to the at least one request;
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