Patent application EP20177124A (EP), filed 2020-05-28
Publication number: EP3745278A1
Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING HETEROGENEOUS DATA OBJECTS
Abstract: A method of integrating data objects includes: storing (i) an originating record containing a first unique identifier and a first set of data fields defining a first item supplied by a first provider, and (ii) a destination record containing a second unique identifier and a second set of data fields defining a second item supplied by a second provider; receiving an instruction to merge the originating record into the destination record, the request containing the first and second unique identifiers; in response to receiving the instruction, updating the destination record by: comparing the first set of data fields with the second set of data fields; and for each data field of the first set that matches a corresponding data field of the second set, marking the corresponding data field of the second set as a shared field; and sending the updated destination record to a client device for display.
IPC codes: G06F  16/    25            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method of integrating data objects, the method comprising:
number: 2
text: The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the first set of data fields with the second set of data fields includes:
number: 3
text: The method of claim 1 or claim 2, further comprising storing the first unique identifier in association with the updated destination record.
number: 4
text: The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:
number: 5
text: The method of claim 4, further comprising storing, in each merged data field, an indication that the merged data field is associated with the originating record.
number: 6
text: The method of claim 5, wherein the indication that the merged data field is associated with the originating record includes the first unique identifier.
number: 7
text: The method of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein marking the corresponding data field of the second set as a shared field includes one of:
number: 8
text: The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the comparing includes:
number: 9
text: An intermediation server for integrating data objects, comprising:
number: 10
text: The intermediation server of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to perform the method of any one of claims 2 to 8.
number: 11
text: A computer program product comprising program code instructions stored on a computer readable medium to execute the method steps according to any one of the claims 1 to 8 when said program is executed on a computer.
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-12-02
Rejection reasons: inventive_step_epc_56
Prior art cited: ref_id: FR1905718A
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ref_id: WO2012170565A2
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ref_id: WO2013148470A1
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ref_id: - XIN LUNA DONG ET AL: "Data fusion", PROCEEDINGS OF THE VLDB ENDOWMENT; [ACM DIGITAL LIBRARY], ASSOC. OF COMPUTING MACHINERY, NEW YORK, NY, vol. 2, no. 2, August 2009 (2009-08-01), pages 1654 - 1655, XP058359546, ISSN: 2150-8097, DOI: 10.14778/1687553.1687620
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ref_id: - XIN LUNA DONG ET AL: "Data fusion", PROCEEDINGS OF THE VLDB ENDOWMENT, August 2009 (2009-08-01), pages 1654 - 1655, XP055680781, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:https://hpi.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachgebiete/naumann/publications/2009/DataFusionFinal.pdf> [retrieved on 20200327], DOI: 10.14778/1687553.1687620
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severity: background
ref_id: WO2012170565
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severity: obviousness
ref_id: WO2013148470
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severity: obviousness
ref_id: - XIN LUNA DONG ET AL, "Data fusion", PROCEEDINGS OF THE VLDB ENDOWMENT; [ACM DIGITAL LIBRARY], ASSOC. OF COMPUTING MACHINERY, NEW YORK, NY, (200908), vol. 2, no. 2, doi:10.14778/1687553.1687620, ISSN 2150-8097, pages 1654 - 1655, XP058359546 [A] 1-11 * the whole document *
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ref_id: - Xin Luna Dong ET AL, "Data fusion", Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, doi:10.14778/1687553.1687620, (200908), pages 1654 - 1655, URL: https://hpi.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachgebiete/naumann/publications/2009/DataFusionFinal.pdf, (20200327), XP055680781 [A] 1-11 * the whole document *
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severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2020-12-02)