Patent ID: 6236984
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of managing contract negotiation records, comprising the steps of:receiving a request to display a contract interface;automatically displaying the contract interface as a series of graphical displays providing selections for manipulating at least one of a plurality of contract negotiation records, each contract negotiation record comprising a plurality of fields of data, the data identifiying a contracting party and a unique contract identifier;storing the contract negotiation records in a central server;storing the contract interface in a network server;receiving via the contract interface a selection of one of the contract negotiation records for duplication;automatically duplicating at least some of the fields of data, including the contracting party, of the selected contract negotiation record to generate duplicated fields of data, including the contracting party, andautomatically storing the duplicated fields of data and a new unique contract identifier associated with the duplicated fields of data.