Taxonomy and data structure for an electronic procurement system
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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,adding the respective common format catalog data to a database, wherein the database is stored at the server hosting the electronic procurement system and the database is a staging database; and
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upon a syndication operation, data in the staging database is transferred to a live catalog database accessible by purchaser users of the system; and
supplier catalog data is mapped into the staging database in a plurality of data blocks, wherein some of the plurality of data blocks are syndicated individually.
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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.
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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, adding the respective common format catalog data to a database, wherein the database is stored at the server hosting the electronic procurement system and the database is a staging database; and wherein; upon a syndication operation, data in the staging database is transferred to a live catalog database accessible by purchaser users of the system; and supplier catalog data is mapped into the staging database in a plurality of data blocks, wherein some of the plurality of data blocks are syndicated individually. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- at a server hosting an electronic procurement system,
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13. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- at a server hosting an electronic procurement system,
receiving first data from a plurality of respective users associated with the electronic procurement system, where the first data is in a plurality of formats; converting the first data from the respective plurality of formats to common format second data; and adding the respective common format second data to a database, wherein the database is stored at the server hosting the electronic procurement system and the database is a staging database; and transferring data in the staging database to a live database accessible by users of the system;
wherein data is mapped into the staging database in a plurality of data blocks, wherein some of the plurality of data blocks are transferred individually. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- at a server hosting an electronic procurement system,
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20. A server system, comprising:
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one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions to; at a server hosting an electronic procurement system; receive 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; convert the supplier catalog data from the respective plurality of formats to respective common format catalog data, and add the respective common format catalog data to a database, wherein the database is stored at the server hosting the electronic procurement system and the database is a staging database; and wherein; upon a syndication operation, data in the staging database is transferred to a live catalog database accessible by purchaser users of the system; and supplier catalog data is mapped into the staging database in a plurality of data blocks, wherein some of the plurality of data blocks are syndicated individually. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:
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at a server hosting an electronic procurement system; receive 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; convert the supplier catalog data from the respective plurality of formats to respective common format catalog data, and add the respective common format catalog data to a database, wherein the database is stored at the server hosting the electronic procurement system and the database is a staging database; and wherein; upon a syndication operation, data in the staging database is transferred to a live catalog database accessible by purchaser users of the system; and supplier catalog data is mapped into the staging database in a plurality of data blocks, wherein some of the plurality of data blocks are syndicated individually. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A server system, comprising:
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one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions to; at a server hosting an electronic procurement system; receive first data from a plurality of respective users associated with the electronic procurement system, where the first data is in a plurality of formats; convert the first data from the respective plurality of formats to common format second data; and add the respective common format second data to a database, wherein the database is stored at the server hosting the electronic procurement system and the database is a staging database; and transfer data in the staging database to a live database accessible by users of the system;
wherein data is mapped into the staging database in a plurality of data blocks, wherein some of the plurality of data blocks are transferred individually. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:
at a server hosting an electronic procurement system; receive first data from a plurality of respective users associated with the electronic procurement system, where the first data is in a plurality of formats; convert the first data from the respective plurality of formats to common format second data; and add the respective common format second data to a database, wherein the database is stored at the server hosting the electronic procurement system and the database is a staging database; and transfer data in the staging database to a live database accessible by users of the system;
wherein data is mapped into the staging database in a plurality of data blocks, wherein some of the plurality of data blocks are transferred individually.- View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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