Sigman L Shapiro

US Patent:

56212011, Apr 15, 1997

Filed:

Feb 5, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/597050

Inventors:

Stephen Langhans - San Francisco CA
Laurence M. Goodman - Foster City CA
Sigman L. Shapiro - Alamo CA

Assignee:

Visa International - Foster City CA

International Classification:

G06K 500

US Classification:

235380

Abstract:

An automated purchasing control system which can be customized for a corporate customer. The system receives an authorization request over the phone lines from a remote point-of-sale terminal and processes the request using unique software. The software has a database customized to a corporate user to establish that company hierarchial structure. Elements of the hierarchial structure are independently reconfigurable, so that a company can specify different hierarchial relationships in the software for authorization, billing and reporting purposes. Different authorization tests can be established for each position in a hierarchy, with a particular position being required to pass not only its own test, but the test of elements higher in the hierarchial tree.

US Patent:

55005136, Mar 19, 1996

Filed:

May 11, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/241106

Inventors:

Stephen Langhans - San Francisco CA
Laurence M. Goodman - Foster City CA
Sigman Shapiro - Alamo CA

Assignee:

Visa International - Foster City CA

International Classification:

G06F 1760

US Classification:

235380

Abstract:

An automated purchasing control system which can be customized for a corporate customer. The system receives an authorization request over the phone lines from a remote point-of-sale terminal and processes the request using unique software. The software has a database customized to a corporate user to establish that company hierarchial structure. Elements of the hierarchial structure are independently reconfigurable, so that a company can specify different hierarchial relationships in the software for authorization, billing and reporting purposes. Different authorization tests can be established for each position in a hierarchy, with a particular position being required to pass not only its own test, but the test of elements higher in the hierarchial tree.