Elaine L Wong, 75Santa Monica, CA

2011015, Jun 23, 2011

Dec 17, 2009

12/641069

Elaine Wong - San Ramon CA, US
Earnest Ivie - Keller TX, US
Julie LeBlanc - Pleasanton CA, US
Shawn Abernathy - Boulder Creek CA, US
Saritha Surapaneni - Dublin CA, US

Oracle International Corporation - Redwood Shores CA

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 30/00
G06F 3/01

705 2682, 705301, 715751

This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for implementing a purchase order approval workflow engine and approval framework. The method includes receiving, at an approval engine of an application server from a purchaser, a purchase order, wherein the purchase order includes a plurality of line items, applying, by the approval engine, one or more rules associated with the purchase order, and transmitting the purchase order to one or more approvers. The method further includes receiving, from the one or more approvers, approval for each of the plurality of line items. The approval of each line item is completed independent from any other line item. Further, the method includes receiving, at the approval engine, an indication that each of the plurality of line items are approved, and transmitting, to a supplier, the purchase order.

2015023, Aug 20, 2015

Feb 14, 2014

14/181546

- Redwood Shores CA, US
Elaine Wong - San Ramon CA, US
Earnest Ivie - Victoria TX, US
Saravanamaneeian Subhramaniun - Bangalore, IN
Mohan Murugesan - Bangalore, IN
Praveen Kumar - Bangalore, IN

Oracle International Corporation - Redwood Shores CA

G06Q 30/06

One or more computers may close a purchase order by use of rules. Certain embodiments use values of attributes of a line in a purchase order (PO) to identify a rule among multiple rules. The PO line's attributes which are used to identify the rule are internal to a buyer. When the rule which is identified is disabled, the line is retained unchanged in the purchase order. When the identified rule is not disabled, a user-specified logic which is identified in the rule is used to determine a new value of a numeric term, the numeric term having a preexisting value previously agreed upon by the buyer and the seller, e.g. in units of quantity or units of money. Subsequently, an indication of the line being changed in the purchase order is transmitted to the seller. User may specify different logics in different sets of rules, for different business units.