Transaction accounting auditing approach and system therefor
First Claim
1. A transaction system to audit transaction data for a multitude of different transaction parties as a function of predefined contract terms data defined for a buyer of merchant offerings and a seller of the merchant offerings for each transaction, the system comprising:
- a data-storing memory circuit that stores the contract terms data and data element specific classification rules,a software-programmed circuit configured, for each of a multitude of sets of transaction data, torespond to activity involving a transaction for at least two of the parties, by accessing the memory circuit and retrieving stored transaction data therein for the transaction;
execute an identification algorithm, using the retrieved transaction data, to identify selected ones of the data element-specific classification rules pertaining to the transaction parties;
select one of a plurality of data-auditing algorithms respectively programmed on behalf of disparate entities; and
execute the selected data-auditing algorithm to audit individual data elements within the transaction data set using the retrieved transaction data, the contract terms and the identified data element-specific classification rules as inputs to the algorithm to generate an output indicating a validation condition for each data element.
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Abstract
Accounting data is classified to facilitate transaction processing and management. According to an example embodiment, data based rules are implemented for classifying transaction-related data into accounting categories. Accounting information is processed as a function of the data based rules and accordingly automatically classified. This processing involves, for example, the identification of particular data based rules to apply to the accounting information, applying the rules and processing the information accordingly.
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1. A transaction system to audit transaction data for a multitude of different transaction parties as a function of predefined contract terms data defined for a buyer of merchant offerings and a seller of the merchant offerings for each transaction, the system comprising:
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a data-storing memory circuit that stores the contract terms data and data element specific classification rules, a software-programmed circuit configured, for each of a multitude of sets of transaction data, to respond to activity involving a transaction for at least two of the parties, by accessing the memory circuit and retrieving stored transaction data therein for the transaction; execute an identification algorithm, using the retrieved transaction data, to identify selected ones of the data element-specific classification rules pertaining to the transaction parties; select one of a plurality of data-auditing algorithms respectively programmed on behalf of disparate entities; and execute the selected data-auditing algorithm to audit individual data elements within the transaction data set using the retrieved transaction data, the contract terms and the identified data element-specific classification rules as inputs to the algorithm to generate an output indicating a validation condition for each data element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A transaction system comprising:
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a software-programmed circuit configured, for each of a multitude of sets of transaction data, to; respond to activity involving a transaction for at least two parties to the transaction, by retrieving stored data element specific classification rules and contract terms for a buyer of merchant offerings and a seller of the merchant offerings; execute an identification process, using the retrieved transaction data, to identify selected ones of the data element-specific classification rules pertaining to the transaction parties; select one of a plurality of data-auditing algorithms for respectively reconfiguring the logic circuit to operate on behalf of disparate entities; execute the selected data-auditing algorithm to audit individual data elements within the transaction data set using the retrieved transaction data and the identified data element-specific classification rules as inputs, to determine a condition of validation for each data element; and transform the audited data elements into validated data elements by modifying the data elements with validation data based upon the determined condition of validation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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