System and method for managing and updating data from a number of sources for a project
AssigneeShopplex.com Corporation
InventorPhilippe RICHARD
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a system and method for managing data from a number of systems. The method comprises: defining a set of objects for the data; defining a set of classes for the data; maintaining a catalog for each instance of the data; in the catalog identifying each instance's source system and its level of harmonization with other data; applying a set of harmonization rules to identify from the data a group of related data and an owner of the group; identifying differences in instantiations within the group; and initiating update requests to affected systems having the identified differences.
Claims20
A method for managing data provided from a plurality of systems, comprising:
- providing a set of objects for data;
- providing a set of classes for the data;
- maintaining a catalog with an entry for each data instance of the data;
- in the catalog, identifying for each data instance its source system and its level of harmonization with other data from the plurality of systems;
- applying a set of harmonization rules to the data to identify a group of related data and an owner of the group of data;
- identifying differences in instantiations in the group of data;
- and
- initiating an update request to an affected system of the plurality of systems having the differences,
- wherein the data is accessable by a central data processing system which stores a copy of the data and selectively initiates the update requests.
A system for managing data provided from a plurality of external systems, comprising:
- a microprocessor
- memory for storing the data;
- communication links to the plurality of external systems;
- a data structure stored in the memory providing a set of classes for the data;
- a catalog stored in the memory having an entry for each data instance of the data, the catalog providing an identification of a source system for each entry and a level of harmonization with other data from the plurality of systems;
- a harmonization module providing instructions executable on the microprocessor to:
- apply a set of harmonization rules to the data to identify a group of related data and an owner of the group of data;
- identifying differences in instantiations in the group of data;
- and
- initiating an update request to an affected system of the plurality of systems having the differences,
- wherein the data is accessable by the system and the system stores a copy of the data and selectively initiates the update requests.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.