Process and system for automated collection of business information from a business entity's accounting system
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1. A method, performed by a processor of a computer system having a memory communicatively connected to said processor, comprising:
- performing instructions embodied in a plug-in module that when installed into said memory, interfaces with an accounting program automatically at a time selected from the group consisting of a predetermined time, and a predetermined interval of time, in accordance with settings of said plug-in module that are configured by a user of said computer system after said plug-in module is installed into said memory, to accomplish actions of;
(a) invoking an application program interface of said accounting program to access accounting data in a first database;
(b) locating account receivable data in said accounting data;
(c) extracting said account receivable data from said accounting data; and
(d) sending said account receivable data to a second database, wherein said second database is located remotely from said first database,wherein said accounting program (i) resides in said memory, and (ii) contains instructions to control said processor to maintain said accounting data in said first database.
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There is provided a method, performed by a processor. The method includes obtaining accounting data from a first database, and sending the accounting data to a second database, wherein the second database is located remotely from the first database.
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19 Claims
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1. A method, performed by a processor of a computer system having a memory communicatively connected to said processor, comprising:
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performing instructions embodied in a plug-in module that when installed into said memory, interfaces with an accounting program automatically at a time selected from the group consisting of a predetermined time, and a predetermined interval of time, in accordance with settings of said plug-in module that are configured by a user of said computer system after said plug-in module is installed into said memory, to accomplish actions of; (a) invoking an application program interface of said accounting program to access accounting data in a first database; (b) locating account receivable data in said accounting data; (c) extracting said account receivable data from said accounting data; and (d) sending said account receivable data to a second database, wherein said second database is located remotely from said first database, wherein said accounting program (i) resides in said memory, and (ii) contains instructions to control said processor to maintain said accounting data in said first database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory, communicatively connected to said processor, that contains a plug-in module that controls said processor to interface with an accounting program automatically at a time selected from the group consisting of a predetermined time, and a predetermined interval of a time, in accordance with settings of said plug-in module that are configured by a user of said computer system after said plug-in module is installed into said memory, to; (a) invoke an application program interface of said accounting program to access accounting data in a first database; (b) locate account receivable data in said accounting data; (c) extract said account receivable data from said accounting data; and (d) send said account receivable data to a second database, wherein said second database is located remotely from said first database, wherein said accounting program (i) resides in said memory, and (ii) contains instructions to control said processor to maintain said accounting data in said first database. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A storage medium comprising a plug-in module encoded thereon, wherein said plug-in module, when installed in a memory of a computer system having a processor communicatively connected to said memory, controls said processor to interface with an accounting program automatically at a time selected from the group consisting of a predetermined time, and a predetermined interval of a time, in accordance with settings of said plug-in module that are configured by a user of said computer system after said plug-in module is installed into said memory, to:
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(a) invoke an application program interface of said accounting program to access accounting data in a first database; (b) locate account receivable data in said accounting data; (c) extract said account receivable data from said accounting data; and (d) send said account receivable data to a second database, wherein said second database is located remotely from said first database, wherein said accounting program (i) resides in said memory, and (ii) contains instructions to control said processor to maintain said accounting data in said first database. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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