Patent ID: 7991659
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An accounting method comprising: enabling, by a computing system for a user, access to said computing system, wherein said computing system comprises a memory system, wherein said user is associated with a first entity and a second entity, wherein said first entity is a first governing corporation associated with said second entity, wherein said second entity is a dependent corporation with respect to said governing entity, wherein said second entity relies on said first entity for day to day operations and uses computing services, application systems, and underlying business processes of the first entity for a specified time period, wherein said user is a former employee of said first entity and a current employee of said second entity, wherein said memory system comprises data associated with said first entity and said second entity, and wherein said data comprises accounting data; determining, by said computing system, that said second entity is dependent on said first entity for said specified time period, wherein said second entity comprises an entity that has been sold from said first entity to a third corporation; generating, by said computing system from said data, a first list comprising initially allowable purchase types for items available for purchase by said user, said determining said first list based on first configuration rules defined by said first entity; generating, by said computing system from said first list, a modified list comprising allowable purchase types for items available for purchase by said user, said determining said modified list based on said second entity; presenting, by said computing system to said user, said modified list; receiving, by said computing system from said user, a first selection for a first purchase type from said modified list; presenting, by said computing system to said user, an accounting data input form, said accounting data input form associated with said selection for said first purchase type from said modified list and said first configuration rules; generating, by said computing system from said data, a second list comprising a plurality of allowable general ledger accounts, a set of account numbers for said allowable general ledger accounts, and a set of legal entities responsible for said allowable general ledger accounts, said second list associated with said second entity; presenting, by said computing system to said user, said second list; defining, by said computing system, profit centers representing an organizational structure for a portion of said second entity within a scope of a divestiture from said first entity; receiving, by said computing system from said user, a second selection for a first general ledger account and associated account number from said second list, said first general ledger account associated with said first purchase type, a first profit center of said profit centers, and said first configuration rules; generating, by said computing system from said data, a third list comprising a first plurality of organizations associated with said first entity and said second entity; presenting, by said computing system to said user, said third list; receiving, by said computing system from said user, a third selection for a first organization from said third list, said third selection associated with said first purchase type; placing, by said computing system, said first purchase type, said first selection, said second selection, and said third selection into said accounting data input form; and storing, by said computing system in said memory system, said accounting data input form comprising said first purchase type, said first selection, said second selection, and said third selection.