US Patent Application No: 2002/0156,687

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Method and apparatus for dynamically maintaining and executing data definitions and/or business rules for an electronic procurement system

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Abstract

An apparatus, method, and computer readable storage medium for dynamically maintaining data structures and executing business rules in an electronic procurement system. The method includes (a) dynamically maintaining a plurality of organizational profiles containing data structures, a plurality of users each being associated with a particular organizational profile; and (b) implementing a user requested transaction on a hosted e-procurement system with an application system by using information from the data structures stored in an organizational profile associated with the user.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
CGI TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS INC.FAIRFAX, VA50

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Carr, Richard Ashburn, VA 3 33
Gidadhubli, Rajiv Raghavendrarao Centreville, VA 3 33
Mohideen, Ismail Fairfax, VA 2 28
Nguyen, The-Hao Marc Arlington, VA 2 28

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