Patent ID: 8000983
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for calculating appropriate invoice payments associated with a clinical trial study, the computer program product comprising non-transitory computer-readable media encoded with instructions for execution via a processor to perform a method comprising: (a) providing a software application program having equations and business rules that together define (i) a process associated with the clinical trial study, (ii) a timeline associated with the clinical trial study, and (iii) deliverables associated with the clinical trial study; (b) receiving into the program: (c) automatically calculating via the processor appropriate invoice payments for the deliverables for the respective entities that have been contracted to provide the deliverables at a specific time frame, wherein the calculation of the appropriate invoice payments is performed without entering into the program or otherwise using invoices from any of the entities, and is based on: