System and method for mediating transactions of digital documents

• US 8,954,476 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2007
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nipendo Limited (American Express Company)
• Original Assignee: Nipendo Limited (American Express Company)
• Inventors: Rosenberg, Alon, Brafman, Ronen, Rosenberg, Eyal
• Primary Examiner(s): Jami, Hares
• Application Number:
  US11/882,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20090043794A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,745 Days
• Field of Search: 707100-102, 707/104.1, 715/236, 715/239, 715/249
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A system and method for mediating a transaction of a digital document by converting a transaction into an internal representation according to predefined rules and according to processing definitions associated with the source of the transaction, validating and possibly altering the transaction in its internal representation according to predefined rules and according to processing definitions associated with the destination of the transaction, converting said internal representation into an external representation according to predefined rules and according to rules specific to a destination of said transaction and communicating the external representation to a destination.

Claims

1. A method for converting a first transaction document to a second transaction document comprising:

receiving from a first user a first transaction document having a first format;

converting said first transaction document into an intermediate document having a unified internal format, said conversion being based at least in part on a first set of rules associated with said first user, wherein converting said first transaction document into said intermediate document comprises retrieving for inclusion in said intermediate document data from a source other than said first document;

selecting based on data obtained from said intermediate document a second user, said second user being an intended recipient of said first transaction document;

validating data in said intermediate document based at least in part on validation rules associated with said second user, wherein said validating comprises correcting errors in said intermediate document based on said validation rules associated with said second user;

converting data in said intermediate document into a second transaction document having a second format based on rules associated with said second user; and

sending said second transaction document to said second user.

2. A method for converting a first transaction document to a second transaction document comprising:

receiving from a first user a first transaction document having a first format;

converting said first transaction document into an intermediate document having a unified internal format, said conversion being based at least in part on a first set of rules associated with said first user, wherein converting said first transaction document into said intermediate document comprises retrieving for inclusion in said intermediate document data from a source other than said first document, wherein said retrieving data for inclusion in said intermediate document comprises executing web-services;

selecting based on data obtained from said intermediate document a second user, said second user being an intended recipient of said first transaction document;

validating data in said intermediate document based at least in part on validation rules associated with said second user;

converting data in said intermediate document into a second transaction document having a second format based on rules associated with said second user; and

sending said second transaction document to said second user.