Policy system for E-procurement

US8904471B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Coupa Software Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Noah Anthony Eisner · Menlo Park, US
• Dave Stephens · Rue de l'Église, US
• David Williams · Oakland, US
• Seggy Umboh · Oakland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0637
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for utilizing a policy system in the requisitioning of goods or services over a network, the network connected to a server, thereby allowing communication between the server and a plurality of users, each user having a login ID and belonging to one of a plurality of classes, the method comprising: the server storing each user's login ID, each user's class information, and a plurality of policies, wherein the class information comprises the identification of each class to which the user belongs, and each policy is associated with a class; a user logging into the server using the user's login ID; the user providing search input to the server; the server processing the search input; the server determining the appropriate policies, wherein the appropriate policies are policies that are determined to be associated with the user's class information; and the server providing the appropriate policies to the user.