Coupa Innovation

Transforming the way that businesses manage their spend.

Our Innovation Philosophy

In partnership with the Business Spend Management (BSM) Community, we are co-creating new and unique capabilities that empower our customers, partners, and suppliers with increased visibility, actionable insights, and solutions to manage their spend. Over the past twelve months alone, we have co-innovated hundreds of new capabilities with our BSM Community, setting the pace of innovation for the industry and helping businesses deliver real measurable value.

Coupa-Issued Patents

Below is a sampling of Coupa’s issued patents:

AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMENDING COMMUNITY SOURCING EVENTS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS

2/27/2024

TEXT-BASED MACHINE LEARNING EXTRACTION OF TABLE DATA FROM A READ-ONLY DOCUMENT

2/27/2024

DIGITALLY CROSS-REFERENCING COMMUNITY TRANSACTION DATA TO DETERMINE COMMODITY TYPES AND AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGN TAX CODES TO AN INVOICE

2/13/2024

AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF TEMPLATES FOR EXTRACTION OF DATA FROM ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

1/30/24

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DUTY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK

1/9/2024

MACHINE EVALUATION OF CONTRACT TERMS

1/2/2024

COMMUNITY-BASED DATA ANALYSIS IN A SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE SYSTEM USING A DEEP LEARNING CLASSIFIER

1/2/2024

SECURE FACILITATION OF VIRTUAL CARD ACTIVITIES FOR PROCUREMENT

10/3/23

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATH SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK

9/26/23

INTELLIGENT, ADAPTIVE ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

9/19/23

DUPLICATE INVOICE DETECTION METHOD

9/19/23

RESTRICTING ACCESS TO TRANSACTIONS BASED ON INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

9/19/23

NON-STRUCTURED DATA ORIENTED COMMUNICATION WITH A DATABASE

6/6/23

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF COMPUTING

5/30/23

AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF TEMPLATES FOR EXTRACTION OF DATA FROM ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

5/30/23

AUTOMATIC VIRTUAL PURCHASE CARD CHARGE RECONCILIATION AGAINST REQUISITION IN AN ONLINE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

5/23/23

DETECTING SUPPLIER FRAUD FROM DIGITAL TRANSACTIONAL DATA

5/9/23

USING TRANSACTION DATA TO IDENTIFY COMPUTING DEVICES CAPABLE OF PERFORMING TRANSACTIONS SUBJECT TO TRANSACTION PARAMETERS

4/4/23

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SETTING A CONFIGURATION TO ACHIEVE AN OUTCOME

4/4/23

CATALOG ENABLEMENT DATA FOR SUPPLIER SYSTEMS BASED ON COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

2/21/23

AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMENDING COMMUNITY SOURCING EVENTS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS

2/14/2023

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SETTING A CONFIGURATION TO ACHIEVE AN OUTCOME

1/10/2023

AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING RISK IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS USING GRAPHICAL TIME CURVES OF CONTRACT HISTORY AND DIVERGENCE

1/10/2023

AUTOMATIC SYNCHRONIZATION OF PAYMENT DATA ACROSS DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

11/29/2022

NON-STRUCTURED DATA ORIENTED COMMUNICATION WITH A DATABASE

11/15/2022

TEXT-BASED MACHINE LEARNING EXTRACTION OF TABLE DATA FROM A READ-ONLY DOCUMENT

11/15/2022

DIGITALLY CROSS-REFERENCING COMMUNITY TRANSACTION DATA TO DETERMINE COMMODITY TYPES AND AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGN TAX CODES TO AN INVOICE

11/1/2022

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPEATABLE AND INTERPRETABLE DIVISIVE ANALYSIS

9/27/2022

MATCHING PAST POST-APPROVED TRANSACTIONS WITH PAST PRE-APPROVED TRANSACTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS

9/20/2022

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACTING CANONICAL DATA FROM ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

9/20/2022

MANAGEMENT OF PAYMENT PLAN DATA IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT

9/20/2022

PROVIDING ACCESS TO A NETWORKED APPLICATION WITHOUT AUTHENTICATION

8/16/2022

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING OPTIMIZED PRODUCTION PLANS ASSOCIATED WITH A SITE IN A SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK

8/30/2022

GENERATING REPORTS WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENABLING SUPPLIER CATALOGS BASED ON PROCUREMENT DATA FROM BUYER COMMUNITY

8/23/2022

MACHINE EVALUATION OF CONTRACT TERMS

8/16/2022

CONFIGURABLE MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS THROUGH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES

8/2/2022

AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING INVOICES FROM CONTRACTS IN A PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

5/10/2022

COMMUNITY INFLUENCED APPROVAL CYCLE TIMES IN A SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE SYSTEM

4/5/2022

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF COMPUTING RESOURCES

3/8/2022

INTELLIGENT, ADAPTIVE ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS

1/11/2022

INTELLIGENT, ADAPTIVE ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS

12/28/21

INTEGRATING TRACKED TRANSACTION DATA INTO APPROVAL CHAINS FOR DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS

12/7/2021

CATALOG ENABLEMENT DATA FOR SUPPLIER SYSTEMS BASED ON COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

11/30/2021

AUTOMATIC VIRTUAL PURCHASE CARD CHARGE RECONCILIATION AGAINST REQUISITION IN AN ONLINE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

11/23/2021

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EXPENSE INFORMATION BASED ON INFERRED EVENTS

11/9/2021

MULTI-FRONT PROCUREMENT RECOMMENDATION BASED ON QUERY CONTEXT

11/2/2021

AUTOMATED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL BASED ON SUPPLIER RISK

10/26/2021

PRODUCT DATA SEARCH WITH FILTERED AND RANKED RESULTS IN ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS

8/31/2021

ANTICIPATORY AND RESPONSIVE FEDERATED DATABASE SEARCH

8/24/2021

MANAGING BUNDLES OF DIGITAL OBJECTS IN AN E-PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

8/10/2021

AUTOMATIC ASSIGNMENT OF TAX CODES IN E-PROCUREMENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS

6/29/2021

INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED DATA CLASSIFICATION PROCESSES WITH A PROCUREMENT SYSTEM TO RELATIVIZE AN ENTITY SCORE

6/8/2021

COMMUNITY-BASED DATA ANALYSIS IN A SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE SYSTEM USING A DEEP LEARNING CLASSIFIER

6/4/2021

AUTOMATIC SENDING OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTS TO IDENTIFIED DESTINATIONS

3/30/2021

INFEASIBILITY MANAGEMENT IN E-SOURCING SYSTEMS

11/3/2020

ASYNCHRONOUS REAL-TIME PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

5/5/2020

SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENABLING DISINTERMEDIATED COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATED WITH SEARCH OPERATIONS

12/10/2019

COMPUTER RECONCILIATION OF DATA FROM DISPARATE SOURCES

9/24/2019

METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY INVOKING APPLICATION PROGRAM FUNCTIONS FOR A DEFINED PROJECT AND GENERATING ACTIVITY AND REPORT DATA FOR PROGRESS IN THE PROJECT

9/19/2019

AUTOMATIC LOCALE DETERMINATION FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

7/9/2019

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING DOCUMENT INFORMATION

6/18/2019

SUPPLIER CONSOLIDATION BASED ON ACQUISITION METRICS

6/13/2019

DYNAMIC UPDATE OF TRANSLATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

6/11/2019

AUTOMATIC ENTRY OF SUGGESTED TRANSLATED TERMS IN AN ONLINE APPLICATION PROGRAM

3/12/2019

EFFICIENT RESOURCE USAGE BY INTERRUPTION OF INTERCONNECTED PROCESSES

1/15/2019

AUTOMATIC SPACE EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITY RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

12/13/2018

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING DOCUMENT INFORMATION

11/13/2018

METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MAINTAIN, CHECK, REPORT, AND AUDIT CONTRACT AND HISTORICAL PRICING IN ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT

9/4/2018

FEEDBACK VALIDATION OF ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED FORMS

6/26/2018

METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS WITH ELECTRONIC CATALOGS

6/12/2018

AUTOMATIC LOCALE DETERMINATION FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

1/2/2018

AUTOMATIC SPACE EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITY RESPONSE

2/16/2017

PROVIDING ACCESS TO A NETWORKED APPLICATION WITHOUT AUTHENTICATION

10/10/2017

FEEDBACK VALIDATION OF ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED FORMS

3/15/2016

INTEGRATION OF BUY-SIDE PROCUREMENT WITH WEB-ENABLED REMOTE MULTI-FORMAT CATALOG SOURCES

6/30/2015

POLICY SYSTEM FOR E-PROCUREMENT

12/2/2014

SHOPPING AT E-COMMERCE SITES WITHIN A BUSINESS PROCUREMENT APPLICATION

6/17/2014

METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR E-MAIL REQUISITIONING

3/19/2013

METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR E-MAIL REQUISITIONING

4/10/2012

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ONLINE PROCUREMENT BETWEEN A BUYER AND SUPPLIERS OVER A NETWORK

7/13/2010

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