Patent ID: 7848969
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An accounting system, comprising: a plurality of client modules; an administration module for administering said plurality of client modules; and at least one adviser module associated with at least one of said plurality of client modules, the administration module being adapted for installation on an administration computer server and each client module being configured by the administration module to operate according to configuration information and generated for installation on a client computer unit(s) remote from the administrator computer server, the administration module, the plurality of client modules and the at least one adviser module being arranged for communication over a communications network, the administration module having i) requesting means arranged to receive from at least one of the at least one adviser module and a user, accounts configuration information for configuring a requested client module and, where nominated, to associate an adviser module with the requested client module, ii) scripting means arranged for the user and adviser module to script and edit an account description for association with a nominated account and a description for association with an accounts item within said nominated account, iii) information obtaining means arranged to present on the requesting adviser module and a requesting client computer unit prompt messages relevant to an entity type category and a business type category nominated by at least one of the requesting adviser module and the user and to extract information provided to the prompt messages for inclusion into the configuration information, iv) a master chart of accounts from which client accounts with matching entity type category and business type category contained in the configuration information are extracted, and v) accounts generating means for generating the requested client module configured with at least one client chart of accounts in accordance with the extracted accounts; each one of the plurality of client modules having transaction entry means for entering transaction records, pre-assigned transaction category codes being stored on a storage medium, means for selecting a pre-assigned category code to associate with a transaction record to be entered through the transaction entry means, and at least one client chart of accounts for selection of an account to which the transaction record is to be associated, the accounts being predetermined by the information provided to the prompt messages in consideration of at least one of tax liability options for transactions and in accordance with accounts of the entity type category and the business type category prenominated in the configuration information, each of said accounts including a pre-allocated unique account identification and an account description which is prescribed by at least one of the adviser module, the user, and generally adopted by traders with matching entity type category and business type category, and each of said category codes being pre-specified in the configuration information as one of a taxed and non-taxed category, and as one of an expenditure and income transaction type, the administration module having a suppliers database containing client modules nominated as suppliers of certain product types and arranged for any client module to access the suppliers database for selecting a supplier of a product type and being arranged to present, upon selection of a supplier client module, a list of products of the selected supplier client module, and a coordination unit arranged for coordinating transaction activities between a purchasing client module and a supplier client module, each client module being allocated with a unique client reference and each product of a supplier client module having a product reference associated with the client reference of the supplier client module, and each client module being adapted to access the suppliers database at the administration module and select at least one product of a selected supplier client module and to transfer a purchase order for the selected product(s) through the coordination unit to the selected supplier client module, the purchase order including the client reference of the purchasing client module, the client reference of the supplier client module and the product reference(s) of the selected product(s), the supplier client module being adapted to extract the client and product references in the purchase order for incorporation into a sales order.