PSEUDO INTERNAL NUMBERING MECHANISM

摘要

Various embodiments of systems and methods to provide pseudo internal numbering for uniquely and continuously numbering of legally bound documents are described herein. In one aspect, an external numbering range object (NRO) is generated in a computer system. The range of numbers assignable by the external NRO is split into a set of intervals based on a prefix. In another aspect, an internal NRO is generated corresponding to a subset of the intervals of the external NRO. The correspondence between the internal NRO and the subset of intervals is determined by a part of the prefix. In yet another aspect, the unique and continuous numbers generated by the internal NRO are correlated with the numbers in the intervals of the subset of intervals of the external NRO based on a correspondence between values of the prefix of the external NRO and a prefix of the internal NRO.

主权项

1. A computer system to implement pseudo internal numbering mechanism for unique and continuous numbering of documents generated in a software application, the system comprising:
a memory to store executable instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory to execute the instructions to:
generate an external number range object (NRO) to assign numbers to the documents, wherein each number associated with the external NRO is logically split to a prefix and a body of the external NRO with predefined lengths;define a set of intervals of numbers associate-able with the external NRO, based on possible combination of characters in the prefix of the external NRO;group the set of intervals into subsets of intervals of the external NRO, based on possible combinations of characters in a first part of the prefix of the external NRO;generate an internal NRO corresponding to a subset of the subsets of intervals of the external NRO, wherein each number generated by the internal NRO is logically split to a prefix and a body of the internal NRO with predefined lengths;define a set of intervals of the numbers generate-able by the internal NRO, based on possible combinations of characters in the prefix of the internal NRO;correlate a number associated with the external NRO, within the subset of intervals of the external NRO, with a number generated by the internal NRO, based a value of the prefix of the external NRO and a value of the prefix of the internal NRO; andassign the number associated with the external NRO to a document.