System and method for electronically processing invoice information
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1. A system for processing invoice information from a vendor, comprising:
- means for communicating invoice information from the vendor to an intermediary;
means for communicating a reasonability criterion from a customer to the intermediary, said reasonability criterion comprising invoice analysis parameters derived from the customer for evaluating the reasonability of invoice information from the vendor;
means for performing an automated reasonability test on the invoice information at the intermediary using the reasonability criterion;
means for generating instructions regarding payment at the intermediary responsive to the results of the reasonability test; and
means for transmitting a payment from the intermediary to the vendor if the means for generating instructions regarding payment generates instructions to pay the vendor.
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Abstract
A system and method for processing invoice information in which invoice information is communicated from a first site to a second site and an automated reasonability test is performed on the invoice information at the second site using a reasonability criterion.
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1. A system for processing invoice information from a vendor, comprising:
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means for communicating invoice information from the vendor to an intermediary; means for communicating a reasonability criterion from a customer to the intermediary, said reasonability criterion comprising invoice analysis parameters derived from the customer for evaluating the reasonability of invoice information from the vendor; means for performing an automated reasonability test on the invoice information at the intermediary using the reasonability criterion; means for generating instructions regarding payment at the intermediary responsive to the results of the reasonability test; and means for transmitting a payment from the intermediary to the vendor if the means for generating instructions regarding payment generates instructions to pay the vendor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of processing invoice information, comprising the following steps:
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communicating the invoice information from a first site to a second site; communicating a reasonability criterion from a third site to the second site, said reasonability criterion comprising invoice analysis parameters for evaluating the reasonability of invoice information; performing an automated reasonability test on the invoice information at the second site using the reasonability criterion; generating instructions regarding payment responsive to the results of the reasonability test; and transmitting a payment to a fourth site, if the instructions regarding payment indicate to pay. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for processing invoice information from a vendor for a customer, comprising:
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an automated invoice analyzer for analyzing invoice information; a database for storing customer-specific information; means for communicating invoice information from the vendor to said database; means for inputting a reasonability criterion into said database, said reasonability criterion comprising invoice analysis parameters for evaluating the reasonability of invoice information from the vendor; means for communicating said invoice information from said database to said automated invoice analyzer; and means for communicating said reasonability criterion from said database to said automated invoice analyzer, said automated invoice analyzer including a computer program means for performing an automated reasonability test on the invoice information using said reasonability criterion, and for assigning a status to the invoice information based on the outcome of the reasonability test on the invoice information. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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