Patent ID: 8090711
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: registering a plurality of information suppliers and a plurality of areas of interest associated with the plurality of respective information suppliers; finding one of the plurality of areas of interest associated with one of the plurality of information suppliers that matches a field of interest requested by a client; requesting a plurality of records from the one of the plurality of information suppliers; creating a model norm based on a data dictionary, wherein a format of the data dictionary is standardized by an agreement among the plurality of information suppliers; selecting a subset of a plurality of characteristics from the plurality of records based on the model norm; preparing a report with the subset; ordering the subset of the plurality of characteristics in the report based on a relative significance of the characteristics in the model norm, wherein the relative significance specifies a different order of the characteristics than the plurality of records; ordering the plurality of records in the report based on a sort rule in the model norm; receiving a favored norm from the one of the plurality of information suppliers of a selected record in the report; selecting a second subset of the plurality of characteristics from the plurality of records, wherein the favored norm specifies the second subset; and creating a second report with the second subset.