Patent ID: 7945525
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for data integration between electronic documents, said method comprising: identifying, by a computer, first similar terms between said electronic documents, each of said first similar terms referring to a same kind of entity and comprising an alphanumeric string, including a first number of letter characters followed by a second number of numeric characters; replacing, by said computer, each of said first similar terms with a single equivalent term that replaces one or more of said second number of numeric characters with a common string pattern representation to create transformed electronic documents; identifying, by said computer, second similar terms between said two documents, each of said second similar terms belonging to a different level of a same hierarchical semantic data tree, wherein a lower node of said hierarchical semantic data tree represent a specific term and a higher node represents a general term; replacing, by said computer, said specific term of said lower node of said two documents with said general term of said higher node to create transformed electronic documents; performing, by said computer, a similarity comparison on said transformed electronic documents; and outputting, by said computer, a unified view to a user, such that said unified view comprises said transformed electronic documents.