Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. The business entity retrieves dependency information about a commercial transaction from an e-commerce agreement. The business entity incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. User input is received for manipulating a cost dependency relationship within the project model while constraining the user input to ensure that another type of dependency relationship is not incompatible with modifications to the cost dependency relationship.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. The business entity retrieves dependency information about a commercial transaction from an e-commerce agreement. The business entity incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. User input is received for manipulating a cost dependency relationship within the project model while constraining the user input to ensure that another type of dependency relationship is not incompatible with modifications to the cost dependency relationship.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. The business entity retrieves dependency information about a commercial transaction from an e-commerce agreement. The business entity incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. User input is received for manipulating a cost dependency relationship within the project model while constraining the user input to ensure that another type of dependency relationship is not incompatible with modifications to the cost dependency relationship.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A first business entity and a second business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. After receiving a document for an e-commerce agreement that represents a legal agreement for a commercial transaction between the first business entity and the second business entity, the first business entity retrieves dependency information about the commercial transaction from the e-commerce agreement. The first business entity then incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. The project model may comprise objects representing tasks to be performed or physical components to be processed by the first business entity.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. The business entity retrieves dependency information about a commercial transaction from an e-commerce agreement. The business entity incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. User input is received for manipulating a scheduling dependency relationship within the project model while constraining the user input to ensure that another type of dependency relationship is not incompatible with modifications to the scheduling dependency relationship.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. The business entity retrieves dependency information about a commercial transaction from an e-commerce agreement. The business entity incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. User input is received for manipulating a cost dependency relationship within the project model while constraining the user input to ensure that another type of dependency relationship is not incompatible with modifications to the cost dependency relationship.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A first business entity and a second business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. After receiving a document for an e-commerce agreement that represents a legal agreement for a commercial transaction between the first business entity and the second business entity, the first business entity retrieves dependency information about the commercial transaction from the e-commerce agreement. The first business entity then incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. The project model may comprise objects representing tasks to be performed or physical components to be processed by the first business entity.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. The business entity retrieves dependency information about a commercial transaction from an e-commerce agreement. The business entity incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. User input is received for manipulating a cost dependency relationship within the project model while constraining the user input to ensure that another type of dependency relationship is not incompatible with modifications to the cost dependency relationship.

Abstract: A cloaking service participates in an electronic marketplace to process documents associated with electronic business transactions. Different types of marketplace participants or business entities within the electronic marketplace can use the cloaking service to hide information about their electronic business transactions for a variety of reasons: to maintain the confidentiality of proprietary data; to hide the origination of a business transaction or the identity of participants to a business transaction; or to minimize the visibility of various aspects of their business transactions, including the quantity of business transactions. Entities register cloaking preferences with the cloaking service, and rather than sending documents directly into the electronic marketplace, a business entity sends its documents to the cloaking service, which then modifies the documents in accordance with the previously registered set of cloaking preferences prior to forwarding the modified documents.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. The business entity retrieves dependency information about a commercial transaction from an e-commerce agreement. The business entity incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. User input is received for modifying parameters to be employed within the project model, and a determination is made as to whether dependency relationships within the project model can be maintained if the modified parameters are employed within the project model.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for processing e-commerce information are presented. A business entity may transfer e-commerce agreements through an electronic marketplace. The business entity retrieves dependency information about a commercial transaction from an e-commerce agreement. The business entity incorporates the dependency information, e.g., dates, costs, deliveries, etc., as dependency relationships within a project model that represents a project for a product or service for sale by the first business entity. User input is received for manipulating a scheduling dependency relationship within the project model while constraining the user input to ensure that another type of dependency relationship is not incompatible with modifications to the scheduling dependency relationship.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of retrieving and maintaining a document-in-folder object from an information processing system. At least one document object which is associated with an identified document filed in the system is identified. The system then builds a plurality of operands which are necessary for retrieving the at least one data object therefrom. The retrieved identified data object is then presented to an end user for viewing. Document objects can also be retrieved through a level-of-nesting associated with a folder document. If the identified document is a folder document, then the level-of-nesting must be specified. The system then retrieves the data objects associated with the identified folder and the specified level of nesting.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of establishing a staple relationship between two documents within a context of a folder document stored in an informtion processing system. An end user indicates to the system that a staple relationship is to be established between two identified documents. The end user enters a definition of the staple relationship which includes any attributes to be associated with the identified documents within the staple relationship and at least one folder document within whose context the relationship exist. The system will create the staple relationship and file the identified documents in a library within the context of the specified folder document. The system then maintains the staple relationship between the identified documents within the context of the specified folder document.

Abstract: Method for marking a document with action markers and specifying an action to be performed by a responding end user. One or more related documents may be specified which are associated with the action to be performed. Notification criteria, notify ID and a status, which are associated with the action to be performed, are also specified. Upon the completion of the action specified, the responding end user updates the status and a message is automatically generated and transmitted to a end associated with the notify ID if the updated status meets the notification criteria. Moreover, the responding end user may, as a part of the review of the document, specify a related document which is associated with the review of the document as marked with the action markers.

Abstract: A method for automatically completing the entry of the retention and deletion criteria employed by an interactive information handling system to manage the automatic retention and deletion of a relatively large number of electronic documents that are stored in the system by a plurality of end users. The method provides a screen image on a display device in response to the end user advising the system that he wants to assign retention and deletion information to an electronic document. The screen image prompts the end user for a set of required criteria and allows the interactive entry of one or more criteria by the end user directly. The remaining criteria that are not entered directly by the end user are entered automatically based on a logical analysis by said system involving the identity of the criteria that was entered directly and pre-established information stored in said system. The criteria include a document label, an ownership label, a document expiration date and an ownership expiration data.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of establishing a staple relationship between two documents within a context of an application program. An end user indicates to the system that a staple relationship is to be established between two identified documents. The end user enters a definition of the staple relationship which includes any attributes to be associated with the identified documents within the staple relationship and the identity of at least one application within whose context the relationship is to exist. The system will create the staple relationship and file the identified documents in a library within the context of the specified application. The system then maintains the staple relationship between the identified documents within the context of the specified application.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of distributing documents have a directed relationship within an information processing system. The documents in the directed relationship have a one-to-one relationship. An end user indicates to the system an identification of at least one document in the directed relationship which is to be distributed to one or more recipient end user. The end user also enters system addresses of the recipient end users. The system then builds the necessary structures to transmit the document in the directed relationship to the identified recipient end users such that the directed relationship is maintained.

Abstract: This invention relates to marking a document with action markers and specifying an action to be performed by a responding end user. Notification criteria, notify ID and a status, which are associated with the action to be performed, are also specified. Upon the completion of the action specified, the responding end user updates the status and a message is automatically generated and transmitted to an end user associated with the notify ID if the updated status meets the notification criteria.

Abstract: A method for use in an interactive information handling system which manages a relatively large plurality of electronic documents for a plurality of end users in which an end user who is not the owner of a document, may request a delayed copy of the document to be furnished only at the time that the owner's copy of the document is to be deleted from the system. A Delayed Copy Request (DCR) is entered into the system interactively by the non-owner end user when a screen is displayed on the end user's terminal. This screen prompts the end user for the information required by the system to subsequently present to the end user document owner. At the time the document is to be deleted, the information is redisplayed to the document owner which allows the owner to decide if the request should be honored.

Abstract: A first end user creates an original note and enters any additional attributes to enable an electronic mail system to deliver the note to an intended second end user. The first end user enters data which informs the second end user of the first end user's intent relating whether the original note should be appended to the reply note. Thereafter, the system delivers the note to the intended recipient end user and appends the original to any reply generated by the recipient end user based upon the intent entered into the system.