Taxonomy and Data Structure for an Electronic Procurement System

• US 20130254075A1
• Filed: 01/22/2013
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alexey Lef, Charles A. Ballaro, David Frink
• Original Assignee: Alexey Lef, Charles A. Ballaro, David Frink
• Inventors: Ballaro, Charles A., Lef, Alexey, Frink, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,245,289 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/163 Real estate management

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.

Claims

1. 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.