公开(公告)号：US07813978B2

公开(公告)日：2010-10-12

申请号：US10838000

申请日：2004-05-03

申请人： Preston H. Abbott ,  Patricia Anne Hussey ,  Carolyn Katherine Amone ,  Prasanna Ramaswamy ,  Ganesh Narayanan ,  Janice Pearson ,  Patricia O'Brien-Gilbert

发明人： Preston H. Abbott ,  Patricia Anne Hussey ,  Carolyn Katherine Amone ,  Prasanna Ramaswamy ,  Ganesh Narayanan ,  Janice Pearson ,  Patricia O'Brien-Gilbert

IPC分类号： G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q20/102 ,  G06Q40/00 ,  G06Q40/025 ,  G06Q40/06 ,  G06Q40/12

摘要： A method for tracking and approving legal expenses incurred by a business entity using a legal budgeting computer system is provided. The method includes creating a legal matter reflecting legal work to be performed by an outside counsel, creating a purchase order for the legal matter including a budgeted amount which is expected to be paid to the outside counsel for performing the legal work, receiving from the outside counsel an invoice, and prompting an account manager to designate a method of reimbursement for the invoice including at least one of paid at close, charge to good faith, charge to loan, customer to wire money, and a non-reimbursable charge to cost center. The method also includes submitting the invoice to an approval process, validating the approved invoice amount, paying the approved invoice amount, and automatically reconciling the approved invoice amount.

摘要翻译： 提供了使用法定预算计算机系统跟踪和批准业务实体发生的法律费用的方法。 该方法包括建立法律事项，反映外部律师执行的法律工作，制定法律事项的采购订单，包括预计向外部律师支付执行法律工作的预算金额，从外部接收 咨询发票，并促使客户经理指定发票的报销方式，包括至少一项收费，诚意收费，贷款费用，客户到电汇，以及不可偿还的费用到成本中心 。 该方法还包括将发票提交到审批流程，验证批准的发票金额，支付认可的发票金额，并自动核对已核准的发票金额。