SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING TRADING PARTNERS IN A COMMERCE NETWORK

摘要

A method for recommending a first member of a trading network to a second member of a trading member of the network, wherein the network includes a message translation system, a pattern recognition engine and a discovery portal. The method for recommending includes identifying a first plurality of trading parameters of the first member with the message translation system and identifying a second plurality of trading parameters of the second member with the message translation system. The method also includes identifying patterns that are related between the first plurality of trading parameters and the second plurality of trading parameters with the pattern recognition engine and sending a recommendation message to the second member regarding the first member based on the identified patterns that relate the first member to the second member.

主权项

1. A method of establishing communications between supply chain communication partners for supply chain communications, the method comprising:
receiving, over a network interface of a supply chain communications system resident on at least one server, a first plurality of messages from a first trading partner, each message of the first plurality of messages destined for at least one recipient of a first plurality of recipients; determining, by a message translation system, for each message of the first plurality of messages from the first trading partner, a message type of the message; determining, by the message translation system, for each message of the first plurality of messages from the first trading partner, a required output format for the message, the required output format being determined based upon the determined message type of the message and configuration information related to the recipient of the message, the recipient being a recipient of the first plurality of recipients; translating, by the message translation system, each message of the first plurality of messages from the first trading partner into the determined required output format for the message; transmitting, using a network interface of the supply chain communications system, each translated message of the translated first plurality of messages to the recipient of the message; storing, in a master data store on the at least one server, information regarding the first plurality of messages from the first trading partner; storing, in the master data store resident on the at least one server, information regarding a second plurality of messages to a second trading partner, wherein the second trading partner is not among the first plurality of recipients; and responsive to a determination of a correlation between at least a portion of the stored information regarding the first plurality of messages and at least a portion of the stored information regarding the second plurality of messages, transmitting, by a recommendation engine, information to the second trading partner regarding establishment of communications with the first trading partner.