Analysis of object structures such as benefits and provider contracts

US8326869B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED · IE

Inventors

• Surya P Kolluri · Ellicott City, US
• Zhu-Song Mei · Chicago, US
• Dmitriy Feferman · Chicago, US
• Kevin P. Lee · Cupertino, US
• Michael S Irish · San Francisco, US
• Heather E Nelson · Chicago, US
• David H. Kil · Prospect, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2012
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The hierarchical relationships between objects in different levels of an object structure (such as a contract) are stored as elements in two-dimensional matrix representations. In general, the matrix representations facilitate queries, clustering of like objects and contracts, and comparisons that identify common objects and contracts.