System and method for automatically enrolling buyers into a network

• US 8,447,641 B1
• Filed: 03/29/2010
• Issued: 05/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Mueller, Georg, Kaza, Shrinivas K., McRae, Xuan (Sunny) N., Subramani, Dillip K., Roland, Matthew Grant, Lopin, Pavel
• Primary Examiner(s): Jeanty, Romain
• Application Number:
  US12/748,632
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: 705/7.11, 705/7.14
• US Class Current: 705/7.14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

The present invention is a system and computer-implemented method for automatically enrolling and upgrading a buyer into a pre-existing network in order to conduct business with one or more sellers with minimum efforts and consistent quality. The method includes providing to the buyer, via a programmable computer, multiple business models for selection. The method also includes retrieving and sending to the buyer a set of pre-configured business processes to select based on the model chosen by the buyer. The method further includes generating required test cases to validate the selected best business process and tracking and certifying the test cases followed by deploying a live version of the selected best business process.

Claims

1. A method

providing to a buyer, via a programmable computer, at least one selectable business model;

presenting to the buyer, via the programmable computer, a set of pre-configured business processes based on the selected model;

receiving from the buyer, via the programmable computer, a selection of at least one of the pre-configured business processes;

presenting, via the programmable computer, a list of functional parameters associated with the selected pre-configured business process, wherein the functional parameters are tasks requiring additional configuration to enable enrollment of the buyer;

generating, via the programmable computer, one or more required test cases based on one or more functional parameters of the selected pre-configured business process, wherein the test case is a series of business procedures used to validate the selected pre-configured business process;

tracking and certifying, via the programmable computer, the test cases that have been successfully completed; and

deploying on behalf of the buyer, via the programmable computer, a live version of the selected pre-configured business process upon the certification of the test cases that have been successfully completed.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said generating test cases comprising automatically computing conditions based on the functional parameters selected by the buyer.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said generating test cases comprising automatically computing conditions based on the functional parameters modified by the buyer.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said test cases are generated based upon the request by the buyer.

5. The method of claim 4 comprising retrieving data from a supplier and populating said data into the functional parameters to generate said test cases requested by the buyer.

6. The method of claim 1 comprising automatically assigning business roles to the buyer to perform the tasks of the functional parameters associated with the selected pre-configured business process.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said business roles are pre-configured based on the functional parameters selected by the buyer.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein said business roles are modified based on the functional parameters configured/modified by the buyer.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising presenting said test cases to the buyer for testing by the assigned business roles.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said live version of the selected pre-configured business process is received by a supplier to initiate the business transaction with the buyer.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising requesting the buyer to modify the functional parameters associated with the selected pre-configured business process if the certification of the test cases is unsuccessful.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said certifying the test cases comprising verifying the functionality of the parameters of the selected pre-configured business process.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein said certifying the test cases comprising tracking successful integration of the buyer into a pre-existing network.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein said certifying the test cases comprising monitoring testing and performance of the test cases by the buyer.

15. A system comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory, the processor configured to;

provide the to a buyer at least one selectable business model and a set of pre-configured business processes based on the selected business model;

receive from the buyer a selection of at least one of the pre-configured business process;

retrieve and present to the buyer a list of functional parameters associated with the selected pre-configured business process, wherein the functional parameters are tasks requiring additional configuration to enable enrollment of the buyer;

generate one or more required test cases required based on one or more functional parameters of the selected pre-configured business process, wherein the test case is a series of business procedures used to validate the selected pre-configured business process;

track and certify that the test cases have been successfully completed; and

deploy a live version of the selected pre-configured business process upon the certification of the test cases that have been successfully completed.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said the memory comprise business roles assigned to the task of the functional parameters associated with the selected business process.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein said processor is configured to provide an option to select or modify the functional parameters of the selected pre-configured business process.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein said processor is configured to automatically generate test cases based on the functional parameters selected by the buyer.

19. The system of claim 15 wherein said processor is configured to generate test cases based on the functional parameters modified by the buyer.

20. The system of claim 15 wherein the live version of the selected pre-configured business process is received by a supplier to initiate the business transaction with the buyer.

21. The system of claim 15 wherein said processor to retrieve data from a supplier and populates said data into the functional parameters of the selected pre-configured business process, said processor generates test cases based on said populated data.

22. The system of claim 15 wherein said processor to verify functionalities of the parameters of the test cases of the selected pre-configured business process.

23. The system of claim 15 wherein said processor to track successful integration of the buyer module into a pre-existing network.

24. The system of claim 15 wherein said processor to monitor performance of the test cases validated by the buyer.

25. A non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:

providing to a buyer, via a programmable computer, at least one selectable business model;

presenting to the buyer, via the programmable computer, a set of pre-configured business processes based on the selected model;

receiving from the buyer, via the programmable computer, a selection of at least one of the pre-configured business processes;

presenting, via the programmable computer, a list of functional parameters associated with the selected pre-configured business process, wherein the functional parameters are tasks requiring additional configuration to enable enrollment of the buyer;

generating, via the programmable computer, one or more required test cases based on one or more functional parameters of the selected pre-configured business process, wherein the test case is a series of business procedures used to validate the selected pre-configured business process;

tracking and certifying, via the programmable computer, the test cases that have been successfully completed; and

deploying on behalf of the buyer, via the programmable computer, a live version of the selected pre-configured business process upon the certification of the test cases that have been successfully completed.