Patent ID: 7363509

Claim:
A method for electronically executing contracts within a secure computer infrastructure, comprising: obtaining contract information from a receiving contract partner; creating a contract within the secure computer infrastructure based on the contract information; requesting approval of the contract within the secure computer infrastructure from an originating contract partner and the receiving contract partner, the requesting including communicating an electronic approval notification to the originating contract partner and communicating an electronic approval notification to the receiving contract partner after approval by the originating contract partner, wherein the electronic approval notifications contain a hyperlink to the secure computer infrastructure; requesting, after receiving approval from the originating contract partner and the receiving contract partner, execution of the contract within the secure computer infrastructure from the receiving contract partner and the originating contract partner after the contract is approved by the originating contract partner and the receiving contract partner, the requesting including communicating an electronic execution notification to the originating contract partner and communicating an electronic execution notification to the receiving contract partner, wherein the electronic execution notifications contain a hyperlink to the secure computer infrastructure; and generating a final image of the contract within the secure computer infrastructure after the contract is executed by the receiving contract partner and the originating contract partner.