US 11,893,536 B2
Business to business software connections
Deepak Singh, Aurora, IL (US); Sunil Hans, Noida (IN); and Mange Ram Tyagi, Indirapuram Ghaziabad (IN)
Assigned to ADEPTIA, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Deepak Singh, Aurora, IL (US); Sunil Hans, Noida (IN); and Mange Ram Tyagi, Indirapuram Ghaziabad (IN)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2014, as Appl. No. 14/557,742.
Prior Publication US 2016/0156517 A1, Jun. 2, 2016
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 67/565 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/10 (2013.01) [G06F 9/541 (2013.01); H04L 67/565 (2022.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for establishing electronic data communications between target businesses and their respective trading partners, each target business having at least one adapter defining its respective electronic connection parameters for establishing electronic communications with all of its respective trading partners by way of its electronic connection parameters, the system comprising:
(a) a common interface for sending and receiving data between said target businesses and their respective trading partners, said common interface, said common interface configured to enable each target business to store its electronic connection parameters in said interface to enable all of it's respective trading partners to selectively connect to said target business by way of said interface using said stored electronic connectivity parameters of said target business in said interface so that each of said target businesses need only maintain a single connection to said interface to enable point-to-point to all of its respective trading partners, said interface including a searchable directory, searchable by said trading partners;
(b) said common interface configured to enable initiation of a connection to said interface by a respective trading partner by requesting approval by way of web services to said target businesses;
(c) upon approval of said request by said target business, said common interface is further configured to create and store said trading partners electronic connection parameters that are compatible with said electronic connection parameters of said target businesses, stored in said interface, to enable point to point communications between said target businesses and all of their respective trading partners by way of a single connection to said common interface by said target businesses and their respective trading partners connected to said common interface at one time.