Abstract: A method and system for allowing access to an exchange by a casual user without compromising exchange security. The present invention allows a casual user to provide required input and complete simple business transactions without becoming a registered member of the exchange. The system knows what information to provide to or to collect from the casual user and provides him with a context sensitive personal identification number (CS-PIN) to allow access for that purpose.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus and software for automatically transforming data between Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) formats. For generating EDI documents or messages, a source data model with EDI related data is received. Data is transferred from metadata elements of the source data model to variables of a virtual document, based on a mapping that has been previously made. Data assigned to the variables of the virtual document are then transferred to metadata elements of a target data model. An EDI document or message corresponding to the target data model is automatically created as a result, which includes data from the source document or message.

Abstract: A trading information exchange system includes a gateway allowing access of suppliers and retailer workstations and retailer systems to a backbone sub-system. An application layer interacts with a work flow engine via a supporting framework and a commerce platform. The latter have direct access to the gateway for monitoring supplier and retailer accesses and to the database for logging purposes. Collaborative applications comprise a timer program interacting with a work queue in the work flow engine. The timer program operates on a test-and-wait or a test-and-return basis. A community management function interacts with the work flow engine to define roles and the roles are linked with activities in process nodes. Each process node comprises an activity, case packet item variables, and rules defining routing of the activities to the work queues.

Abstract: A method of maintaining a display is provided comprising the steps of providing an image on the display, and identifying via an identifier on the display a status of the image, the identifier being viewable only during a predetermined time criteria.

Abstract: In a system method for translating between an XML-type document and a first type of document, a data model for the XML-type document is generated based on an XML data source, and a data model for the first type of document is generated based on the XML data source. Mapping rules are created between the data model for the XML-type document and the data model for the first type of document. An executable file may also be created to effect the translation between the XML-type document and the first type of document based on the data model for the XML-type document, the data model for the first type of document and the mapping rules. The executable file is run to translate between the XML-type document and the first type of document.

Abstract: A system, method, and software for automated enterprise access management control includes an access manager service that receives access management control schemas from a plurality of registered application. An access management data store stores the received access management control schemas associated with their respective registered applications, and the access management service provides a respective access management control schema to a requesting one of the plurality of applications.

Abstract: A system using an electronic data interchange (EDI), which can also be referred to as a message broker or integration broker, handles the passage of data, such as files or electronic mail, between multiple computers. When transferring data from a computer internal to the network in which the message broker is located to a computer external to the network, a transfer protocol is used, such as FTP or SMTP. The message broker determines the transfer protocol to be used and invokes an initiator, which supports the determined transfer protocol, to make the data transfer according to the determined transfer protocol. The initiator can be implemented as a plug-in module to the message broker and may communicate with the message broker through a generic interface, which may be implemented as an application programming interface API.

Abstract: An automated method, system and software for storing and transmitting data in an universal format in a global network. A document is received in a first format, is parsed into constituent node sets. The node sets are each semantically-tagged, indexed and stored in a data store. The document in the first format is reassembled into a second format.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus and software for storing electronic document interchange (EDI) documents in a hierarchical manner in a memory, whereby the storing of data is performed independent of the type of format of the EDI document. Data is stored based on whether the data is segment data, transaction set data, functional group data, or attribute data, with linkages between these types of data as stored in the memory. That way, data can be retrieved from the memory according to a type of data that is desired to be retrieved.

Abstract: A system and method for executing an application includes receiving an identification of a first customer, identifying one or more applications accessible to the first customer based on the identification, and receiving a selection of a first application from the one or more applications to execute. One or more rules applicable to the first application are identified, and one or more generic tasks are executed that are stored in a first area accessible to all customers according to the identified one or more rules. In addition, at least one customized task is executed according to the identified one or more rules, the at least one customized task being stored in a second area accessible only to the first customer.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus and software for automatically transforming data between a self-describing markup language format and an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) format. For generating EDI documents, a standard data model with EDI related data is received. Data definitions for the self-describing markup language are generated. The generated data definitions are used to generate self-describing markup language data. An EDI document is automatically created based on the self-describing markup language data.

Abstract: A system and method for conducting a forward auction and a reverse auction from a single software component operable on a computer system receives information regarding the details of the auction and the direction of the auction, where the direction is either forward or reverse. A first auction is run based on the received information with the single software component. After receiving at least one bid, a winner of the first auction is determined from the at least one bid. A second auction is run with the single software component in the other of the forward or reverse direction based on the received information and information related to the determined winning bid.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamically developing a user interface in an existing software application includes invoking a user interface developer component during the execution of the software application, identifying one or more fields to include in the user interface, and associating a field type for each of the identified one or more fields. The identified one or more fields and associated field types are saved in a user interface definition file. The user interface is generated based on the user interface definition file during the execution of the software application.