Methods and Systems for Managing and Tracking Electronic Contract Obligations

摘要

Systems and methods disclosed herein for providing information about an obligation of an electronic contract. One embodiment involves receiving, at an electronic contract obligation server, an annotation associated with the electronic contract, the annotation specifying the obligation to be performed by a performing participant of the electronic contract according to a time constraint for the benefit of a benefited participant of the electronic contract, the electronic contract obligation server independent of the performing participant and the benefited participant. The embodiment further involves identifying, by the electronic contract obligation service, the information about the obligation based on the annotation associated with the electronic contract. The embodiment further involves providing, by the electronic contract obligation service, the information about the obligation to the performing participant or the benefited participant.