Automated invoice receipt and management system

US6883004B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bottomline Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Vincent Bahl · Durham, US
• Eric Campbell · Rye, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 19, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/102
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An automated invoice management system includes a network circuit for communicating invoice transactions with a plurality of client systems. The automated invoice management system receives an import invoice transaction compliant with a first client transaction definition from a first client system. The import invoice transaction identifies a second client system and amounts due from a second client system associated with the second client. The import invoice transaction is translated to a normalized invoice transaction and the normalized transaction is translated to an export invoice transaction compliant with a second client transaction definition.