Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for tracking the buying and selling of a manufacturer's goods or products where the manufacturer may receive an incentive from the sale of the manufacturer's goods or products by other sellers. A manufacturer may have one or more incentive programs that may apply to goods sold or otherwise transferred. The method and apparatus may determine the incentive program that may apply and determine the incentive due the manufacturer.

Abstract: A system for providing a form description language for a networked database program is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a database form is described using a plurality of components. Each component describes a particular item or entity within the database form. The size and placement of each of the various items in a database form is specified relative to the other items. The programming objects defining the structure of the database are created and stored separately from the data objects defining the data entered into the database by a user. A description language interpreter transmitted in conjunction with the database form allows display of the database form by executing the self-contained interpreter.

Abstract: A system for associating an audit history with a database form is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a database document is displayed on a first portion of a display on network client computer. An audit history is displayed on a second portion of the display. The audit history contains information describing the transmission history of the document and any action taken with regard to the document. The audit history is updated automatically as the document is transmitted from one user to another user in the network.