Patent ID: 8321297
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of community-based exchange of procurement documents, the method comprising: receiving, with a server computer system, a first set of selection data identifying rules for direct peer-to-peer exchange and transformation of procurement documents within a first community of trading partners; receiving, with the server computer system, a second set of selection data identifying rules for direct peer-to-peer exchange and transformation of procurement documents within a second community of trading partners; automatically generating with the server computer system, based at least in part on the received first set of selection data, a first set of rules data comprising rules for direct peer-to-peer exchange and transformation of procurement documents within the first community and specifying trading partners invited to join the first community, wherein direct peer-to-peer exchange and transformation of procurement documents is performed by at least a subset of trading partners of the first community of trading partners according to the first set of rules data; and automatically generating with the server computer system, based at least in part on the received second set of selection data, a second set of rules data comprising rules for direct peer-to-peer exchange and transformation of procurement documents in the second community and specifying trading partners invited to join the second community, wherein direct peer-to-peer exchange and transformation of procurement documents is performed by at least a subset of trading partners of the second community of trading partners according to the second set of rules data.