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US 2013/0254075 A1Published application
Taxonomy and Data Structure for an Electronic Procurement System
AssigneeSciQuest, Inc.
InventorsCharles A. Ballaro, Alexey Lef, David Frink
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method is described, performed at a server hosting an electronic procurement system. Supplier catalog data is received at the server from a plurality of respective suppliers associated with the electronic procurement system. The supplier catalog data is in a plurality of formats. The supplier catalog data is converted from the respective plurality of formats to respective common format catalog data. The respective common format catalog data is added to a database.
Claims1
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- at a server hosting an electronic procurement system,
- receiving supplier catalog data from a plurality of respective suppliers associated with the electronic procurement system, where the supplier catalog data is in a plurality of formats;
- converting the supplier catalog data from the respective plurality of formats to respective common format catalog data,
- storing information linking respective common format catalog data to corresponding respective supplier catalog data;
- adding the respective common format catalog data to a staging database;
- and
- in response to initiation of a syndication operation, transferring respective common format catalog data in the staging database to a live catalog database accessible by purchaser users of the system.
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