Christopher L Vernon

US Patent:

D3898024, Jan 27, 1998

Filed:

Apr 8, 1996

Appl. No.:

D/052916

Inventors:

Christopher D. Vernon - Lisle IL

Assignee:

Panduit Corp - Tinley Park IL

International Classification:

1303

US Classification:

D13147

US Patent:

D3891232, Jan 13, 1998

Filed:

Apr 8, 1996

Appl. No.:

D/052914

Inventors:

Christopher D. Vernon - Lisle IL

Assignee:

Panduit Corp. - Tinley Park IL

International Classification:

1303

US Classification:

D13147

US Patent:

20180012315, Jan 11, 2018

Filed:

Feb 27, 2015

Appl. No.:

15/549699

Inventors:

- Deerfield IL, US
David M. FREEMAN - Oak Park IL, US
John W. SMITH - Grayslake IL, US
Christopher R. VERNON - Lake Bluff IL, US
James Stanley BOHNERT - Mundelein IL, US

International Classification:

G06Q 50/08
G06Q 40/00
G06Q 30/04
G06Q 50/18

Abstract:

Systems and methods are presented by which a contractor can initiate a proposed variation to a project contract and request payments against the proposed variation even before the variation is approved by the other party to the project contract. A data structure representative of proposed variation is generated and maintained as the proposed variation is reviewed, approved, and elevated to become part of the actual budget for the project. Because the same data structure is maintained throughout the process and after the proposed variation is approved, payment requests, payments, and any other actions taken against the data structure before the proposed variation is approved are automatically linked to the actual budget after approval and, thereby, are recognized and processed by external accounting systems as though the variations were created by the other party to the contract.