Patent · US Expired

Collaborative master data management system for identifying similar objects including identical and non-identical attributes

US7236973B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Kalthoff · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Frank Rohloff · Sandhausen, DE
Markus Krabel · Oftersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 2003
Grant date	Jun 26, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99936
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for sharing data. The technique includes receiving data in a central system from one or more client systems, performing a matching process on objects of data in the central system to determine if there are similar objects in the central system, mapping object identifications of similar objects to each other if there are similar objects in the central module, and providing the object mapping information to a process.

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