Patent ID: 7640195

Claim:
A method for automatically filing documents relating to business transactions using a computer system, the method comprising: receiving business data about a business transaction; producing at least one input data record from the business data comprising an input header with general data, the input data record having a structure specific to a class of the business transaction; transforming, by a processor, the at least one input data record into an output data record accessible by business applications, further comprising: generating an output header for the output data record, the output header including the general data from the input header; reading additional data, relating to the business transaction, from a database application; adding the additional data to the output header; formatting a first data area of the output data record, such that the first data area is exclusively compatible with a first of the business applications, and formatting a second data area of the output data record such that the second data area is exclusively compatible with a second of the business applications; and storing the output data record in a memory device with an identification code such that the output data record is available to the first and second business applications by referring to the identification code.