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Matrix traversal based on hierarchies

US10289977B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Sudhir Bhojwani · Fremont, US
Lalitha Rajagopalan · Palo Alto, US
Anil Mandava · Saratoga, US
Robert Wells · Arlington, US
Tanvi Bakul Shah · Sunnyvale, US
Maria Elena Gammon · McKinney, US
Prashant Bhagat · Cupertino, US
Steven Weigand · Santa Clara, US
Yuan Tung · Fremont, US
Gopalakrishnan Sundaram · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2016
Grant date	May 14, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q30/04
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives a request for suppliers associated with a location and a category. The program also identifies a matrix, a hierarchy of locations associated with the matrix, and a hierarchy of categories associated with the matrix. The program further determines a set of suppliers by based on the location, the category, the matrix, the hierarchy of locations, and the hierarchy of categories.

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