Systems and methods for producing documentary credit and conforming shipping documents
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1. A computer-aided method of generating documentary credit and related documents, including:
- providing at least one template for documentary credit issuance, including at least one of a documentary credit instruction, a documentary credit application or a documentary credit instrument;
providing one or more templates for documentary credit-related documents, wherein the documentary credit-related documents are among a plurality of bank-required documents to draw on a corresponding documentary credit instrument;
mapping fields from the documentary credit issuance template to the documentary credit-related document templates and establishing synchronization rules for electronic propagation of data among and editing of the mapped fields;
electronically accepting data for at least some of the fields of the documentary credit issuance template; and
applying, by a programmed computer, the synchronization rules and propagating, by programmed computer, the data to the documents needed to evidence fulfillment using the mapping, wherein the synchronization rules restrict users'"'"' ability to override the propagated data fields once a document preparation state for the agreed conditions and instructions reaches a predetermined level.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods to support import-export transactions. More particularly, it includes methods and systems for generation of bank-required documents that are consistent with a documentary credit instrument and collaborative application for or amendment of the documentary credit instrument. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-aided method of generating documentary credit and related documents, including:
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providing at least one template for documentary credit issuance, including at least one of a documentary credit instruction, a documentary credit application or a documentary credit instrument; providing one or more templates for documentary credit-related documents, wherein the documentary credit-related documents are among a plurality of bank-required documents to draw on a corresponding documentary credit instrument; mapping fields from the documentary credit issuance template to the documentary credit-related document templates and establishing synchronization rules for electronic propagation of data among and editing of the mapped fields; electronically accepting data for at least some of the fields of the documentary credit issuance template; and applying, by a programmed computer, the synchronization rules and propagating, by programmed computer, the data to the documents needed to evidence fulfillment using the mapping, wherein the synchronization rules restrict users'"'"' ability to override the propagated data fields once a document preparation state for the agreed conditions and instructions reaches a predetermined level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-aided system to generate documentary credit and related documents, including:
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at least one template for documentary credit issuance stored in computer readable memory, including at least one of a documentary credit instruction, a documentary credit application or a documentary credit instrument; one or more templates for documentary credit-related documents stored in computer readable memory, wherein the documentary credit-related documents are among a plurality of bank-required documents to draw on a corresponding documentary credit instrument; a map stored in computer readable memory that relates fields from the documentary credit issuance template to the documentary credit-related document templates; synchronization rules for propagation of data among and editing of the mapped fields; logic running on a computer to process input data for at least some of the fields of the documentary credit issuance template; and logic running on a computer to populate fields in the plurality of documentary credit-related documents using the map and the synchronization rules. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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