Merging of products into a database
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1. A computer-implemented method for merging data sets of a first data base with data sets of a second data base of a data management system, the method comprising:
- identifying a data set as a merging basis;
matching data from the first and second data bases to identify a matching data set, wherein the matching data set can be used to identify a merging partner;
determining whether the merging partner and the merging basis are compatible; and
merging the merging partners with the merging basis into a single data set based on the compatibility of the merging partner and the merging basis, wherein the single data set can be accessed by a user.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for merging data sets of a data base with data sets of a data base of a data management system. To allow merging without losing relevant data, it is proposed to determine one data set as a merging basis, match data from the data bases to identify matching data sets, create a list of matching data sets, determine data sets within the list as merging partners, and merging the merge partners with the merging basis into a single data set.
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47 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for merging data sets of a first data base with data sets of a second data base of a data management system, the method comprising:
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identifying a data set as a merging basis; matching data from the first and second data bases to identify a matching data set, wherein the matching data set can be used to identify a merging partner; determining whether the merging partner and the merging basis are compatible; and merging the merging partners with the merging basis into a single data set based on the compatibility of the merging partner and the merging basis, wherein the single data set can be accessed by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer program product including instructions that cause a computer, when executed, to provide a method for merging data sets of a first data base with data sets of a second data base of a data management system, the method comprising:
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identifying a data set as a merging basis; matching data from the first and second data bases to identify a matching data set, wherein the matching data set can be used to identify a merging partner; determining whether the merging partner and the merging basis are compatible; and merging the merging partners with the merging basis into a single data set based on the compatibility of the merging partner and the merging basis, wherein the single data set can be accessed by a user. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A computer program product for merging data sets of a first data base with data sets of a second data base of a data management system with a computer program comprising instructions operable to cause a processor to:
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determine one data set as a merging basis; match data from the first and second data bases to identify matching data sets; create a list of matching data sets; determine data sets within the list as merging partners; check a compatibility of the merging partner with the merging basis based on particular data within the data sets; and merge the merging partners with the merging basis into a single data set based on the compatibility check, wherein the merging of the data sets are cancelled when the data sets are incompatible and wherein the single data set can be accessed by a user.
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47. A data structure associated with a computer readable medium, wherein the data structure can be altered by a computer executing instructions that provide a method for merging data sets of a first data base with data sets of a second data base of a data management system, the method comprising:
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identifying a data set as a merging basis; matching data from the first and second data bases to identify matching data sets, wherein matching data sets can be used to identify a merging partner; determining whether the merging partner and the merging basis are compatible; and merging the merging partner with the merging basis into a single data set based on the compatibility of the merging partner and the merging basis, wherein the single data set can be accessed by a user.
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