Relationship data management
First Claim
1. A system for processing relationship data sets that express relationships between various entities associated with an enterprise, the system comprising:
- a master reference manager for (i) receiving a request for data related to a particular entity representing a person or an organization related to the enterprise, and (ii) identifying, based on the request, the particular entity from a master data store that stores master reference data sets representing the most reliable reference data sets maintained in the enterprise for identifying the entities; and
a hierarchy manager for providing a comprehensive view of a set of relationships that the particular entity has with one or more other person or organization by (i) retrieving, based on the identification of the particular entity by the master reference manager, relationship data sets that express the set of relationships of the particular entity, and (ii) using the retrieved relationship data sets to generate a display of the comprehensive view of the set of relationships in response to the request.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a system for processing relationship data that expresses relationship between various entities. In some embodiments, the entities are entities associated directly with an enterprise. The entities in some embodiments described below also include entities associated indirectly with the enterprise through other entities. However, one of ordinary skill will realize that some embodiments might only track relationships between entities directly associated with an enterprise. In some embodiments, the system consolidates disparate relationship data sets that relate to the same set of entities. For instance, in some embodiments, the system includes several data storages that store relationship data. For at least two entities, at least two different data storages store two different relationship data sets that differently express the relationship between the two entities. The system includes a hierarchy manager that receives the two different relationship data sets and consolidates the two different relationship data sets into one relationship data set that best expresses the relationship between the two entities.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for processing relationship data sets that express relationships between various entities associated with an enterprise, the system comprising:
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a master reference manager for (i) receiving a request for data related to a particular entity representing a person or an organization related to the enterprise, and (ii) identifying, based on the request, the particular entity from a master data store that stores master reference data sets representing the most reliable reference data sets maintained in the enterprise for identifying the entities; and a hierarchy manager for providing a comprehensive view of a set of relationships that the particular entity has with one or more other person or organization by (i) retrieving, based on the identification of the particular entity by the master reference manager, relationship data sets that express the set of relationships of the particular entity, and (ii) using the retrieved relationship data sets to generate a display of the comprehensive view of the set of relationships in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for processing relationship data sets that express relationships between various entities associated with an enterprise, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for data related to a particular entity representing a person or an organization related to the enterprise; based on the request, identifying the particular entity from a master data store that stores master reference data sets representing the most reliable reference data sets maintained in the enterprise for identifying the entities; retrieving, based on the identification of the particular entity, relationship data sets that express a set of relationships that the particular entity has with one or more other person or organization; and using the retrieved relationship data sets to generate a display of a comprehensive view of the set of relationships. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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