SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RULE-BASED DATA OBJECT MATCHING

• US 20100070460A1
• Filed: 11/20/2009
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Regional Resources Ltd (Imperial Metals Corp.)
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: SULLIVAN, Dave, CHERNY, Eugene, BROOKLER, David, FÜRST, Karl, LANGLOTZ, Andrea
• Granted Patent: US 8,756,205 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/602
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models

Abstract

An object matching system comprises a plurality of disparate databases comprising data objects and a master data server. The master data server comprises a computer programmed to provide a plurality of adapters configured to connect to said plurality of disparate databases, a matching module configured to compare data objects provided by said plurality of adapters through use of an object matching rule to determine at least two matching data objects, and a data integrator configured to merge said at least two matching data objects to produce a master data object.

Claims

1. An object matching system comprising:

a plurality of disparate databases comprising data objects; and

a master data server comprising a computer programmed to provide;

a plurality of adapters configured to connect to said plurality of disparate databases;

a matching module configured to compare data objects provided by said plurality of adapters through use of an object matching rule to determine at least two matching data objects; and

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a data integrator configured to merge said at least two matching data objects to produce a master data object.

2. A computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions stored therein, wherein said computer readable instructions comprise:

connecting to a plurality of disparate databases;

obtaining a plurality of data objects from said plurality of disparate databases;

obtaining an object matching rule;

comparing at least two of said plurality of data objects utilizing said object matching rule to determine matching data objects; and

merging matching data objects to create a master data object.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein said obtaining an object matching rule further comprises obtaining a next highest priority rule from a prioritized list of rules.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein said computer readable instructions further comprise:

matching data sub objects utilizing said object matching rule; and

merging matching data sub objects into said master data object.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein said comparing at least two of said plurality of data objects further comprises applying a certainty setting to a comparison of said at least two of said plurality of data objects.