Synchronous validation and acknowledgment of electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions. A connection session on a communication network is established for handling EDI transactions from a source. A collection of EDI transactions is received via the communication network. A receipt acknowledgement...http://www.google.de/patents/US7647500?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7647500 - Synchronous validation and acknowledgment of electronic data interchange (EDI)