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Multi-Supplier Transaction and Payment Programmed Processing System and Approach

  • US 20090287590A1
  • Filed: 06/26/2009
  • Published: 11/19/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An automated transaction system comprising:

  • a data storage arrangement that stores;

    data identifying profiled parties including buyers and sellers;

    data for identifying contract-defined transactions between each buyer and at least two sellers that fulfill respective sub-parts of the transaction;

    contract-defined terms for the contract-defined transactions; and

    sets of business rule variables and transaction processing rule variables respectively defined on behalf of the profiled parties, andcross-correlation data for correlating each contract-defined transaction with data identifying profiled parties for the transaction;

    a correlation engine configured to respond to order and payment request data sets by accessing the correlation database to identify a contract-defined transaction related to the order and payment request data, and to correlate, with the transaction, data identifying profiled parties and sets of business rule and transaction processing rule variables for the correlated parties;

    an automatic transaction processing engine configured, for each sub-part of each transaction, to execute an audit algorithm, using the correlated variables and contract-defined terms for the correlated contract as inputs, to audit a payment request data set for the sub-part of the transaction against the received order data to determine a condition of payment authorization for the payment request data set; and

    a payment engine configured to respond to the determined condition of payment authorization indicating that payment for an audited payment request data set is appropriate by using the correlated variables and contract-defined terms for the correlated contract to determine a payment amount, and generate and output an electronic payment instruction, based upon the correlated business rule variables and the determined payment amount, to effect payment to the seller.

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