Patent ID: 7475051
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G06N,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of validating a plurality of electronic data interchange (EDI) documents, where EDI documents, each EDI document associated with at least one of a plurality of entities, the method comprising creating an inventory of all rules, the inventory including a common set of rules for the plurality of entities dynamically adjusting said inventory of all rules based upon the entity-specific rules where the entity specific rules are derived from a plurality of companion guides, each companion guide associated with one of the plurality of entities; determining a profile containing pointers to select rules in the inventory of all rules for each companion guide, storing the profile for each companion guide in a storage; receiving a first document associated with a first entity; checking the first EDI document associated with the first entity by receiving a second document associated with a second entity checking the second EDI document associated with entity the second entity by returning the second EDI document to the sender if the second EDI document does not match the second current rule set, wherein the second EDI document is invalidated.