AUTOMATED PURCHASING CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

An automated purchasing control system which can be customized for a corporate customer. The system (94) receives an authorization request over the phone lines from a remote point-of-sale terminal (98) and processes the request using unique software. The software has a database customized to a corporate user (70) to establish that company's hierarchical structure. Elements of the hierarchical structure are independently reconfigurable, so that a company can specify different hierarchical relationships in the software for authorization, billing and reporting purposes. Different authorization tests can be established for each position in a hierarchy, with a particular position being required to pass not only its own test, but the test of elements higher in the hierarchical tree.