Patent ID: 6505173
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method of constructing a billing statement for advertising customers placing advertisements in print publications, comprising:a. creating a printed advertisement image on a printed publication page; b. establishing a unique customer identifier for each customer; c. creating a first digital document representing the printed advertisement image with a unique print advertisement identifier and associating the unique customer identifier with the unique print advertisement identifier; d. creating a second digital document representing an image of the printed publication page containing the printed advertisement image and associating the second digital document with the unique print advertisement identifier; e. creating a third digital document representing an invoice for the printed advertisement image including specifying an identifier range for invoiced print advertisements; f. finding the first digital document by searching the unique customer identifier in a first database and copying the first digital document to an invoice database and listing each found first digital document as a line item on the invoice; g. finding the second digital document and copying the second digital document to the invoice database; and h. storing the first and second digital documents in a common file associated with the third digital document.