Abstract: There are provided an invoice data storage unit that stores therein, upon receiving invoice data that is addressed to a recipient from an issuer via a terminal device over a network and designates the issuer as a payment destination of a payment to be made by the recipient, the received invoice data in association with the identification information of both the issuer and the recipient, and a data processing unit that presents, when receiving, from the issuer via the terminal device, a payment instruction requesting a third party other than the recipient to make the payment after receiving the invoice data, a payment amount calculated based on information on the recipient by the third party to the issuer via the terminal device, and changes, when the issuer receives the payment from the third party, the payment destination indicated in the invoice data from the issuer to the third party.

Abstract: An invoice management apparatus includes an invoice data storage unit that stores therein, upon receipt of business document data addressed to a specified recipient from a terminal device over a network, the received business document data in association with the identification information of the recipient and issuer of the business document data, and a transaction data generation unit that determines whether at least one of the number of times a status indicating the processing progress of the business document data communicated between the issuer and the recipient has been changed and the number of times data accompanying the business document data has been changed has reached a prescribed number of times, and when the prescribed number of times has been reached, collects the business document data and the data accompanying the business document data and sends the collected business document data and data to databases that perform consensus building.

Abstract: An invoice management apparatus stores, when receiving invoice data addressed to a specified recipient, over a network, the invoice data in association with the identification information of its recipient and issuer in an invoice data management table, and also stores intention information about the payment intention of the recipient in the invoice data management table. A data processing unit is provided to refer to, when receiving a request for paying in advance part of the billing amount on the invoice data from the issuer or recipient, the invoice data management table to confirm the intention information, and if the recipient has a payment intention, deposits the requested amount in advance to the designated account of the issuer, stores the paid and unpaid amount out of the billing amount in a credit and debt management table, and deposits the unpaid amount to the designated account on the payment due date.

Abstract: An invoice management apparatus includes an invoice data storage unit that stores therein, upon receipt of business document data including a template that is addressed to a specified recipient, from a terminal device over a network, the received business document data in association with the identification information of the recipient and issuer of the business document data, a template storage unit that stores therein a first template having prescribed items set therein, a second template having items different from the prescribed items, and identification information identifying a target that needs to use the second template, and a data processing unit that accesses, in displaying the business document data, the template storage unit, determines whether either the recipient or the issuer is the target, and upon determining that the recipient or the issuer is the target, applies the second template to the template included in the business document data.

Abstract: A user information storage unit stores user information associating, for each user, an electronic mail address and at least one location information piece of the user with each other. A registration unit generates a code for each user using the location information and electronic mail address according to a predetermined rule. An invoice information storage unit stores invoice information including the electronic mail address of a first user included in the user information. When receiving an access request for accessing invoice information from a second user whose user information is stored in the user information storage unit, the registration unit determines whether the first code of the first user matches the second code of the second user, and if the first and second codes match, grants the second user access rights to access invoice information generated by the first user and stored in the invoice information storage unit.

Abstract: An information management apparatus includes: a management data storage unit that stores therein a basic data management table in which, when business document data sent from a terminal device to a specified recipient is received over a network, the received business document data is stored in association with identification information of the recipient and identification information of the sender of the business document data and a deletion data management table that contains a condition for making at least partial data of the business document data inaccessible to the recipient; and a data processing unit that makes, when the sender or recipient takes an action defined in the condition set in the deletion data management table, at least the partial data of the business document data inaccessible to the recipient.

Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, an invoice data storage unit stores therein invoice data in which at least one payment destination is previously set, and a data processing unit obtains a designated payment destination for each invoice data, and adds up invoice amounts indicated in the invoice data, for each payment destination.

Abstract: An invoice management apparatus includes an invoice data storage unit for storing therein invoice data, a format storage unit for storing therein a common format in which display items are fixed and an original format in which the display items are changeable according to user requests, and a data processing unit for displaying invoice data in the common format and the invoice data in the original format in response to a request for displaying the invoice data.

Abstract: In an information processing apparatus, an invoice data storage unit stores therein, when receiving invoice data including a designated payment destination, the invoice data in association with the identification information of both the billing and bill-to parties of the invoice data, and a data processing unit displays a progress of processing performed on the invoice data by the billing and bill-to parties on management screens viewed by the billing and bill-to parties, and displays, when receiving a notification indicating that payment is complete from a settlement server apparatus that is configured to make payment to a designated account of the billing party in response to a payment request from the bill-to party, a screen indicating that the payment process for the invoice data is complete on the management screens viewed by the billing and bill-to parties with reference to information stored in the invoice data storage unit.

Abstract: A portable terminal device includes a storage unit, a detection unit that detects a screen switching operation performed by a user, and a control unit that displays, with reference to the storage unit, a first screen for displaying a plurality of category names of categories into which the content of invoice data is classified, in a row, and a second screen for displaying data corresponding to each category among data related to the invoice data and that displays data corresponding to an adjacent category name on the second screen according to the screen switching operation detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: An invoice management apparatus has an invoice data storage unit that stores therein, when invoice data addressed to a specified recipient is received from a terminal device over a network, the received invoice data in association with the mail address of the recipient and the mail address of the issuer of the invoice data, an external communication data storage unit that stores therein external communication data associated with each invoice data, and a data processing unit that searches external communication data to find a word matching a word search request received from the terminal device and displays the contents of invoice data associated with external communication data including the matching word on a processing screen of the terminal device.

Abstract: A user information storage unit stores user information associating, for each user, an electronic mail address and at least one location information piece of the user with each other. A registration unit generates a code for each user using the location information and electronic mail address according to a predetermined rule. An invoice information storage unit stores invoice information including the electronic mail address of a first user included in the user information. When receiving an access request for accessing invoice information from a second user whose user information is stored in the user information storage unit, the registration unit determines whether the first code of the first user matches the second code of the second user, and if the first and second codes match, grants the second user access rights to access invoice information generated by the first user and stored in the invoice information storage unit.