Eric T Mcneil

US Patent:

20070271271, Nov 22, 2007

Filed:

May 18, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/419060

Inventors:

Jiayue Chen - Atlanta GA, US
Jacob D. Eisinger - Blacksburg VA, US
Josephine R. Gordon - Austin TX, US
Eric J. McNeil - Chapel Hill NC, US
Luke T. Rajlich - Champaign IL, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 8

Abstract:

The invention provides a method, system, and program product for conducting a cross-organizational transaction audit. In one embodiment, the invention includes a first entity requesting that a second entity perform a task; a third entity creating a log of information related to the second entity's performance of the task and verifying to the first entity that the task was performed; the first entity examining the log to determine at least one of the following: whether the second entity's performance of the task was satisfactory and how the second entity used information provided by the first entity in performing the task; and the first entity verifying that the second entity's performance of the task was satisfactory.