US 8,943,065 B2Granted

Catalog performance and integrity analysis

AssigneeOracle International Corporation

InventorsKarlay Tan, Lee-Hian Quek, Marc Cagigas, Sudhir Subramanian, Margaret Lloyd

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Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing catalog information that can include tracking and reporting search terms used for catalog items searches. According to one embodiment, a procurement application can maintain a log of unique search phrases which returned no search results. For example, the log can maintain records from a specific time period. A count can be maintained to capture how many times a phrase was used for search within the specific time period, and used to rank the frequency of the search phrases. Search phrases that exceed that time period may be purged. The accumulated counts and associated search terms can be provided to the managers periodically and/or upon request in the form of a summary or other graphical and/or textual report or presentation.

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Dependent claims

A method of managing performance and integrity of catalog information in a procurement system, the method comprising:

maintaining, by a computer system, a catalog comprising records of a plurality of items, the plurality of items available for requisition through the procurement system;
receiving, by the computer system, a search request, the search request including one or more search terms for identifying items of the plurality of items;
performing, by the computer system, a search of the catalog based on the one or more search terms;
determining, by the computer system, whether one or more results of said searching are found;
in response to determining one or more results of said searching are not found, generating, by the computer system, records in a list of search terms for the terms of said searching that did not find one or more results, the list of search terms separate from the catalog, wherein generating records for the terms of said searching that did not find one or more results comprises determining whether terms for said searching are unique relative to a list of failed previous search terms;
in response to determining the terms for said searching are not unique relative to the list of failed previous search terms, incrementing, by the computer system, a count for an entry in the list of failed previous search terms matching the terms for said searching;
and
in response to determining the terms for said searching are unique relative to the list of failed previous search terms, adding, by the computer system, the terms for said searching to the list of failed previous search terms.

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A system comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and having stored therein a sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to manage performance and integrity of catalog information in a procurement system by maintaining a catalog comprising records of a plurality of items, the plurality of items available for requisition through the procurement system, receiving a search request, the search request including one or more search terms for identifying items of the plurality of items, performing a search of the catalog based on the one or more search terms, determining whether one or more results of said searching are found, in response to determining one or more results of said searching are not found, generating records in a list of search terms for the terms of said searching that did not find one or more results, the list of search terms separate from the catalog, wherein generating records for the terms of said searching that did not find one or more results comprises determining whether terms for said searching are unique relative to a list of failed previous search terms, in response to determining the terms for said searching are not unique relative to the list of failed previous search terms, incrementing a count for an entry in the list of failed previous search terms matching the terms for said searching, and in response to determining the terms for said searching are unique relative to the list of failed previous search terms, adding the terms for said searching to the list of failed previous search terms.

A computer-readable memory having stored therein a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to manage performance and integrity of catalog information in a procurement system by:

maintaining a catalog comprising records of a plurality of items, the plurality of items available for requisition through the procurement system;
receiving a search request, the search request including one or more search terms for identifying items of the plurality of items;
performing a search of the catalog based on the one or more search terms;
determining whether one or more results of said searching are found;
in response to determining one or more results of said searching are not found, generating records in a list of search terms for the terms of said searching that did not find one or more results, the list of search terms separate from the catalog, wherein generating records for the terms of said searching that did not find one or more results comprises determining whether terms for said searching are unique relative to a list of failed previous search terms;
in response to determining the terms for said searching are not unique relative to the list of failed previous search terms, incrementing a count for an entry in the list of failed previous search terms matching the terms for said searching;
and
in response to determining the terms for said searching are unique relative to the list of failed previous search terms, adding the terms for said searching to the list of failed previous search terms.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.