Patent ID: 6868426
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of managing virtual documents associated with a plurality of enterprises on behalf of a plurality of consumers, wherein a given virtual document comprises data associating it with one of the consumers and with one of the enterprises, the method comprising: a) establishing a network database on a network-connected computer, said network database corresponding to a plurality of consumers, the network database having data records and comprising a set of categories wherein one of the categories is an enterprise identifier category; b) receiving a first one of said virtual documents at said network-connected computer from a first document source; c) identifying a first consumer corresponding to the first received virtual document and identifying a first enterprise associated with the first received virtual document; d) storing information from the first received virtual document within the network database in a first data record associated with the first identified consumer, wherein the stored information includes the first enterprise identification stored in the enterprise identifier category in the first data record; e) receiving a second one of said virtual documents at said network-connected computer from a second document source that is different from the first document source; f) identifying a second consumer corresponding to the second received virtual document and identifying a second enterprise associated with the second received virtual document, the second consumer being different from the first consumer; and g) storing information from the second received virtual document within the network database in a second data record associated with the second identified consumer, wherein the stored information includes the second enterprise identification stored in the enterprise identifier category in the second data record.