Patents by Inventor Carl Steven Baumann

Carl Steven Baumann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for processing a purchase request for goods or services
    Patent number: 8229814
    Abstract: An invoice processing system includes a requisition and catalog server (referred to as a Req/Cat Web, or RCW, server), a procurement services system (SAP), and a requester terminal (browser). ReqCat Web allows requesters to input requirements (requisitions) which ReqCat then passes to SAP, which creates purchase orders, sends them to vendors for fulfillment, receives the vendors invoices, and prepares the payments. Commodities may be designated as either receivable or non-receivable, and this designation is stored in ReqCat web and passed to SAP on inbound requisitions. Payments on invoices received for non-receivable items are approved via a positive confirmation process, and payments on invoices received for receivable items are approved via a negative confirmation process. Positive acceptance of an invoice by a requester of commodities triggers automatic generation of a goods received (move) ticket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Steven Baumann, Michael Randy May, John Irving Munson, William Montgomery Sjostrom, Sherry Lee Wilson
  • SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A PURCHASE REQUEST FOR GOODS OR SERVICES
    Publication number: 20110288955
    Abstract: An invoice processing system includes a requisition and catalog server (referred to as a Req/Cat Web, or RCW, server), a procurement services system (SAP), and a requester terminal (browser). ReqCat Web allows requesters to input requirements (requisitions) which ReqCat then passes to SAP, which creates purchase orders, sends them to vendors for fulfillment, receives the vendors invoices, and prepares the payments. Commodities may be designated as either receivable or non-receivable, and this designation is stored in ReqCat web and passed to SAP on inbound requisitions. Payments on invoices received for non-receivable items are approved via a positive confirmation process, and payments on invoices received for receivable items are approved via a negative confirmation process. Positive acceptance of an invoice by a requester of commodities triggers automatic generation of a goods received (move) ticket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carl Steven Baumann, Michael Randy May, John Irving Munson, William Montgomery Sjostrom, Sherry Lee Wilson
  • System and method for automating invoice processing with positive confirmation
    Patent number: 8027892
    Abstract: An invoice processing system includes a requisition and catalog server (referred to as a Req/Cat Web, or RCW, server), a procurement services system (SAP), and a requester terminal (browser). ReqCat Web allows requesters to input requirements (requisitions) which ReqCat then passes to SAP, which creates purchase orders, sends them to vendors for fulfillment, receives the vendors invoices, and prepares the payments. Commodities may be designated as either receivable or non-receivable, and this designation is stored in ReqCat web and passed to SAP on inbound requisitions. Payments on invoices received for non-receivable items are approved via a positive confirmation process, and payments on invoices received for receivable items are approved via a negative confirmation process. Positive acceptance of an invoice by a requester of commodities triggers automatic generation of a goods received (move) ticket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Steven Baumann, Michael Randy May, John Irving Munson, William Montgomery Sjostrom, Sherry Lee Wilson
  • System and method for automating invoice processing with positive confirmation
    Publication number: 20020143699
    Abstract: An invoice processing system includes a requisition and catalog server (referred to as a Req/Cat Web, or RCW, server), a procurement services system (SAP), and a requester terminal (browser). ReqCat Web allows requesters to input requirements (requisitions) which ReqCat then passes to SAP, which creates purchase orders, sends them to vendors for fulfillment, receives the vendors invoices, and prepares the payments. Commodities may be designated as either receivable or non-receivable, and this designation is stored in ReqCat web and passed to SAP on inbound requisitions. Payments on invoices received for non-receivable items are approved via a positive confirmation process, and payments on invoices received for receivable items are approved via a negative confirmation process. Positive acceptance of an invoice by a requester of commodities triggers automatic generation of a goods received (move) ticket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Steven Baumann, Michael Randy May, John Irving Munson, William Montgomery Sjostrom, Sherry Lee Wilson