System and method for ongoing supporting a procurement and accounts payable system

US6738746B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ray F. Barnard · Endicott, US
• Philip J. Cirulli · Simpsonville, US
• Kerin J. Flannery · Endicott, US
• Carl J. Lanuti · Endwell, US
• Lawrence R. Maier · Johnson City, US
• Ann K. Walla · Poughkeepsie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 1999
• Grant date: May 18, 2004
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for deploying to a client accounting installation a general procurement and accounts payable application specifically configured for the client by an enterprise includes a database server for (1) maintaining on a storage device a database of templates describing procedures for assessing, preparing, developing, deploying and supporting the application, and for (2) serving these templates to team members operating web-enabled terminals for coordinating, recording and tracking team activities with respect to the application while generating a description for adapting a front end server and an accounting system server to the requirements of the client.