| 摘要 |
The present invention is directed to a system, method and software product for vendor contract management. The Vendor Contract Management (VCM) System is a web application used to track obligations, payments and fees under each vendor contract. The VCM system manages cash outflows. VCM interfaces with the digital images of the actual contract documents, which are linked to a database of the contract information and enterprise policy and rules information. The actual contract document images and their OCR-ed textual output are stored on a file server. That contract information may be used in event alert notification and financial prognosticating. The VCM process allows the user to perform maintenance tasks to a contract. After a new contract is added to the system, the user will use this process to make changes and updates to a specific contract. Additionally, the present invention is an integration application solution for local and remote scanning and indexing of documents. Its captures and transmits images over the Internet using XML documents and HTTP(S) to transmit through ISP and Corporate networks, enabling the remote scanning and index station (computer with a scanner) to be anywhere that has an Internet connection. The present inventions automation of OCR processing is also unique. The present invention then automatically schedules the image for processing and the OCR is done without the need for human intervention or participation and automatically indexes contract terms in the VCM database for conducting future searches.
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