Patent ID: 8548939

Claim:
A data processing method, comprising the steps of: receiving an XML document by a first computer from a third computer through a network, wherein the XML document includes a control parameter, and the control parameter identifies a data processing rule that specifies a condition on a payment amount; entering data values from the XML document received by the first computer from the third computer through the network into respective data entry fields of an electronic data entry form of a first computer, wherein processing of at least one of the data values with the first computer occurs prior to entry into the electronic data entry form, and the processing occurs by automatically capturing, in the first computer, the data values from the XML document received in the first computer from the third computer through the network; entering an identifier of a web service into the first computer; calculating the payment amount using the data values entered into the electronic data entry form of the first computer, wherein calculating the payment amount includes executing the data processing rule and including the calculated amount of the payment in a result; sending signalling data for signalling at least one of scheduling, initiation, performance, and completion of the calculation of the payment amount to a web service; and sending the result of the calculated payment amount to the third computer, the third computer being coupled to the web service.