Patent ID: 8301529

Claim:
An automated computer implemented method for governing business transactions between trading partners, wherein the method is executed by a programmed computer processor which communicates with a user via a network, the computer implemented method comprising the steps of: receiving a first independent log from a first trading partner wherein the first independent log comprises at least one request log entry associated with a transaction wherein the at least one request log entry comprises at least a request identifier via the network; receiving a second independent log from a second trading partner wherein the second independent log comprises at least one reply log entry associated with the transaction between the first trading partner and the second trading partner, wherein the at least one reply log entry comprises at least a reply identifier via the network; matching the at least one request log entry and the at least one reply log entry based on one or more of the request identifier and the reply identifier at a third party interface, using the programmed computer processor; identifying matching log entries at the third party interface for implementing a billing process for the matching log entries; identifying non-matching log entries at the third party interface; and forwarding the non-matching log entries for one or more of error processing and dispute resolution, via the network.