System and Method of Offsetting Invoice Obligations

Abstract

Methods for resolving invoice obligations are disclosed that include: a) providing at least one sales invoice, wherein each sales invoice comprises a credit value, b) providing at least one purchase invoice, wherein each purchase invoice comprises a debit value, and c) offsetting at least part of the debit value of a purchase invoice with at least part of the credit value of a sales invoice. Systems and software for resolving invoice obligations are also disclosed.

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         21 . A method for resolving invoice obligations, comprising:
 providing at least one sales invoice, wherein each sales invoice comprises a credit value,   providing at least one purchase invoice, wherein each purchase invoice comprises a debit value, and   offsetting at least part of the debit value of a purchase invoice with at least part of the credit value of a sales invoice.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the at least one sales invoice and the at least one purchase invoice form an invoice chain. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the invoice chain is a complete chain. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the invoice chain is a disparity chain. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein at least one determined optimal condition is utilized to determine an optimal starting point for the invoice chain. 
     
     
         26 . The method of claim  2 , wherein the invoice chain comprises an optimal invoice chain. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein at least one of the at least one sales invoice is provided by a seller, a customer or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein at least one of the at least one purchase invoice is provided by a customer. 
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising issuing at least one new invoice or a new balance of a partially offset invoice if the offsetting results in at least one partial fulfillment of an original invoice. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the step of offsetting accounts for at least one currency denomination, at least one set of invoice terms and conditions or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         31 . A method for resolving invoice obligations, comprising
 providing at least one seller having at least one sales invoice,   providing at least one customer having at least one sales invoice and at least one purchase invoice, wherein at least one of the at least one sales invoice and at least one of the at least one purchase invoice forms an invoice chain; and   offsetting the at least one sales invoice of the seller with at least one sales invoice of the customer, at least one purchase invoice or a combination thereof.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the invoice chain is a complete chain. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the invoice chain is a disparity chain. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein at least one determined optimal condition is utilized to determine an optimal starting point for the invoice chain. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the invoice chain comprises an optimal invoice chain. 
     
     
         36 . A system for resolving invoice obligations, comprising:
 an executable code for intelligently determining an invoice chain comprising at least one purchase invoice having a debit value and at least one sales invoice having a credit value and offsetting the debit value with the credit value,   a medium for executing the executable code,   a display device, and   an interaction tool for executing the executable code, wherein a user utilizes the interaction tool to execute the executable code.   
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein the medium for executing the executable code comprises a computer processor, a server system, a network system, a web-based system, the internet or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein the display device comprises a computer monitor, a handheld device monitor, a television monitor, a paper or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         39 . The system of  claim 36 , wherein the interaction tool comprises a series of user presets, a mouse, a keyboard, voice recognition software, touch recognition software; an application interface; integrated software or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         40 . A software package, comprising:
 an executable code for intelligently determining an invoice chain comprising at least one sales invoice having a credit value and at least one purchase invoice having a debit value and offsetting the credit value with the debit value, wherein the executable code is stored on a computer readable storage medium.