PROVIDING A UNIFIED VIEW OF CONTRACT REVENUE AND INVOICE DETAILS

• US 20100063910A1
• Filed: 09/05/2008
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Sethi, Sameer, Rajkumar, Vijavanand, Paulraj, Johnson, Unrau, Perry, Usmani, Aftab, Mundy, Kiran
• Granted Patent: US 8,666,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/10 Tax strategies
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that provide a unified view of invoice and revenue information for a contract. One embodiment includes receiving a request to display information about a contract, and displaying, in response to the request, a financial summary interface including invoice and revenue information for the contract in the same financial summary interface. The invoice and revenue information for the contract may include contract value, invoiced amount, accrued revenue, and backlog amount.

Claims

1. A method for providing a unified view of invoice and revenue information for a contract, comprising:

receiving a request to display information about a contract; and

displaying, in response to the request, a financial summary interface including invoice and revenue information for the contract in the same financial summary interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the invoice and revenue information for the contract include at least one of contract value, invoiced amount, accrued revenue, and backlog amount.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the financial summary interface allows a user to change a status of the contract to one of active and on hold.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the financial summary interface includes an invoices component and a summary chart component.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the invoices component includes information about invoices associated with the contract.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the summary chart includes a graphical bar chart comparing invoice data and revenue data.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the summary chart further includes selectable component that allows a user to select a period for which to display invoice data and revenue data in the chart.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the financial summary interface provides an invoice drilldown, wherein an invoice interface displays line-by-line information of an invoice.

9. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to providing a unified view of invoice and revenue information for a contract and that comprises:

receiving a request to display information about a contract; and

displaying, in response to the request, a financial summary interface including invoice and revenue information for the contract in the same financial summary interface.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the invoice and revenue information for the contract include at least one of contract value, invoiced amount, accrued revenue, and backlog amount.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the financial summary interface includes an invoices component and a summary chart component.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the invoices component includes information about invoices associated with the contract.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the summary chart includes a graphical bar chart comparing invoice data and revenue data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the summary chart further includes selectable component that allows a user to select a period for which to display invoice data and revenue data in the chart.

15. A system for providing a unified view of invoice and revenue information for a contract, comprising:

a contract management module for managing the at least one contract, generating at least one invoice, and monitoring accrued revenue;

a contract database for storing the at least one contract, the at least one invoice, and revenue data;

a user interface module for generating a financial summary interface including information regarding the at least one contract, the at least one invoice, and revenue data in the same financial summary interface.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the financial summary interface displays information regarding at least one of contract value, invoiced amount, accrued revenue, and backlog amount.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the contract management module includes an invoice engine for managing invoice data and a revenue engine for managing revenue data.

18. A system for providing a unified view of invoice and revenue information for a contract, comprising:

means for receiving a request to display information about a contract; and

means for displaying, in response to the request, a financial summary interface including invoice and revenue information for the contract in the same financial summary interface.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein financial summary interface includes an invoices component and a summary chart component.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the invoices component includes information about invoices associated with the contract.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the summary chart includes a graphical bar chart comparing invoice data and revenue data.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the summary chart further comprises means for selecting a period for which to display invoice data and revenue data in the chart.