Patent ID: 7761319

Claim:
A system for managing a transaction involving an enterprise and at least one partner in a supply chain, the system comprising: an interface operable to receive a request for the transaction from an end-user or the partner; a network execution component operable to administer the transaction involving the enterprise and the at least one partner in the supply chain; a data access layer operable to provide the request for the transaction access to the real-time data relating to the transaction operable to communicate with a partner coordinator component integrated with an existing system of the partner; a network domain gateway in communication with the data access layer to provide real-time data relevant to the transaction from the existing system of the partner to the network execution component; a transport component operable with the network domain gateway to send or receive one or more messages related to the transaction with the real-time data facilitating active processing between the enterprise and the at least one partner in the supply chain for actively participating in at least one actual transaction; and a processing facility in communication with the interface, the processing facility operable to access real-time data relevant to the transaction from an existing partner system, the processing facility operable to generate a context for the transaction using the real-time data with the end-user or the partner of said interface operable to receive the request and the existing partner system actively participating in at least one actual transaction, the processing facility operable to process the request in the context for the transaction.