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1. A method for making a requisition on a computer for one or more items comprising:
providing a first computer configured to receive requisition data, wherein the requisition data comprises one or more orders for one or more items and a user's specification for receiving a status of the one or more orders for the one or more items; receiving the requisition data at the first computer; sending the requisition data to a second computer, the second computer having a processor, a requisition module, a procurement application, and a configuration database embodied therein; creating, using the processor, a configuration database table in response to receipt of the requisition data at said second computer; populating, by the processor, the configuration database table with the user's specification for receiving the status of the one or more orders for the one or more items, wherein the user's specification comprises an election of which of a plurality of possible triggering events will result in notification of a status to the user, and further wherein said procurement application populates the configuration database table in response to said requisition data; initiating the requisition module of the second computer to create a requisition using the requisition data comprising the one or more orders for one or more items; monitoring the one or more orders or the one or more items for the occurrence of at least one of said plurality of possible triggering events; querying, upon occurrence of at least one of said plurality of possible triggering events, the populated configuration database to determine whether the triggering event was elected by the user for notification of a status to the user; accessing by the processor, if the triggering event was elected by the user for notification of a status to the user, an instant messaging system; determining, by the processor, whether the user is currently logged into the instant messaging system and, if so, providing via the instant messaging system the status of the one or more orders or the one or more items to the user; waiting, by the processor, if the user is not currently logged into the instant messaging system, for a predetermined amount of time to determine again whether the user is currently logged into the instant messaging system and, if so, providing via the instant messaging system the status of the one or more orders or the one or more items to the user; providing, by the processor, if the user is not logged into the instant messaging system after a predetermined number of attempts, the status of the one or more orders or the one or more items to the user via email. |
