Patent ID: 7979328

Claim:
A tangible computer-usable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by at least one device, cause the at least one device to perform operations comprising: receiving an invoice submitted by supplier, wherein said invoice is received in response to a purchasing request sent to said supplier; storing said invoice in a network-accessible database, wherein said network-accessible database further comprises a plurality of invoices associated with a plurality of suppliers; authorizing a customer access to said invoice submitted by said supplier and said plurality of invoices associated with said plurality of suppliers and wherein said customer sent said purchasing request to said supplier; authorizing said supplier access to said invoice; identifying the invoice in a table including information associated with the invoice responsive to a request for access to the invoice, wherein the information includes identity of the invoice, invoice data, indication of a hold placed on the invoice and an identity and contact information of a hold requester, wherein the requester is associated with authorization of the hold indication; wherein the hold corresponds to an unresolved payment issue and prevents authorization for payment of the invoice; displaying the table responsive to the request for access to the invoice from the supplier or the requester, or combinations thereof; wherein the table is configured to be interactively modified by the requester or the supplier, or combinations thereof; displaying table modifications; utilizing the table modifications to resolve the hold for said invoice; and removing the hold responsive to resolution of the hold.