Document/message management

US7043687B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• G.E. Information Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Daniel E. Knauss · Troy, US
• Timothy A. Shear · Novi, US
• Prakash M. Reddy · Rochester Hills, US
• Srinivas Gadudasu · St. Clair Shores, US
• Srinivasan Sairamachandran · Troy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2001
• Grant date: May 9, 2006
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0601
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer implemented method, apparatus and software for automatically transforming data between Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) formats. For generating EDI documents or messages, a source data model with EDI related data is received. Data is transferred from metadata elements of the source data model to variables of a virtual document, based on a mapping that has been previously made. Data assigned to the variables of the virtual document are then transferred to metadata elements of a target data model. An EDI document or message corresponding to the target data model is automatically created as a result, which includes data from the source document or message.