Request modification method and system

US8165967B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Marco Antonio Marquez Gomez · Miami Gardens, US
• Gautam Majumdar · Wappingers Falls, US
• Michael Randy May · Johnson City, US
• Muthusamy Palanisamy Muthusamy · Novi, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/1053
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A modification method and system. The method includes presenting by a computing system to a requester, templates associated with a candidate request. The computing system receives from the requester, first data associated with the candidate request. The computing system generates a request document comprising the first data. The computing system transmits the request document to at least one supplier. The computing system receives from the at least one supplier, a list of candidates. The computing system receives from the requester, a request for modifying the request document. The computing system generates in response to the request for modifying the request document, a modified request document comprising a modified version of the request document. The computing system receives from the requester, approval data approving a transmission of the modified request document.