Canonical product cataloguing system
AssigneeFlywheel Dynamix
InventorsAnil Koppisetti, Ankur Srivastava
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Abstract
A technique for cataloging Cloud procurement marketplace is disclosed that addresses problems such as vendor name ambiguity, product family disambiguation, and duplication. A universal unique identifier accounts for differences in vendor name aliases and product naming across different Cloud procurement marketplaces. A product information management system monitors changes in different Cloud procurement marketplaces. The universal unique identifier can be utilized for searching across Cloud procurement marketplaces and for generating trackable information throughout the procurement process.
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A method of cataloging Cloud procurement marketplaces comprising:
- monitoring, for a plurality of Cloud product catalogs of different Cloud marketplaces, vendor names and vendor product naming;
- generating unique identifiers, with each unique identifier defining a vendor name. and associated vendor alias names in different Cloud procurement marketplaces, and describing a relationship with vendor product names and vendor product families in different Cloud procurement marketplace platforms;
- generating a canonical product catalog for the plurality of Cloud procurement marketplaces using a schema based on the unique identifiers;
- updating the common product catalog in response to detecting changes in vendor names or vendor product information in the plurality of different Cloud procurement marketplaces;
- supporting at least one procurement action using the canonical product catalog and automatically handling differences in how different Cloud procurement marketplace platforms interact with buyers and sellers in procurement transactions.
A method of performing procurement across different Cloud platforms comprising:
- generating a searchable catalog with unique identifiers defining vendor names and vendor product names that account for differences in vendor naming and differences in product naming for a plurality of different Cloud procurement marketplaces;
- receiving a prospective buyer's procurement search query;
- generating a multi-category output identifying matches for the buyer's query in the different Cloud procurement marketplaces;
- wherein centralized procurement is supported across the plurality of different Cloud procurement marketplaces.
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