Mobile solution for purchase orders

US10198757B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Sean Slocum · Bentonville, US
• Kyle Reed · Lakeland, US
• Ramesh Janjyam · Rogers, US
• Gregory Voss · Alden, US
• Ian Cross · Rogers, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 5, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0635
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments include methods and devices for creating an electronic invoice file using a baseline electronic purchase order file. The methods and devices can receive data representing an electronic purchase order file, comprising a plurality of fields of information. The methods and devices can also confirm that the received electronic purchase order file, was received from a valid retail trading partner, the format of the received electronic purchase order file is consistent with the format of the baseline electronic purchase order file, and the fields of the received electronic purchase order file are consistent with the fields in the baseline electronic purchase order file, in a single step, by applying a hashing function to the data representing the baseline electronic purchase order file and received electronic purchase order file. The methods and devices can also create an electronic invoice file, using a plurality of fields from the electronic purchase order file.