Patent ID: 6256667
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
Method for electronic data interchange messaging, wherein an electronic data interchange process is executed in relation to electronic data to be successively transferred or processed in the execution of said process, said electronic data being stored in a process specific data instance of a predefined data definition, said data definition defining a set of data elements for electronic data to be successively stored and recalled by the process, and wherein said process automatically writes data included in a received electronic data interchange message into, and read data for electronic data interchange from, predefined data elements of said data instance of the data definition during the execution of said process, and wherein said electronic data interchange process comprises a set of predefined function blocks, said blocks including a waiting block executing the function of awaiting whichever comes first; the occurrence of a predefined number of expected events on the expiring of a timer.