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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2003
James Michael Wilmsen, Westminster, CO (US);
Michael Renn Neal, Superior, CO (US);
Nathan Eric Wykes, Broomfield, CO (US);
Ian Straub, Broomfield, CO (US);
James Michael Wilmsen, Westminster, CO (US);
Michael Renn Neal, Superior, CO (US);
Nathan Eric Wykes, Broomfield, CO (US);
Ian Straub, Broomfield, CO (US);
Requisite Software Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for converting a searchable electronic catalog of the type used in e-commerce and industrial materiel systems. Such catalogs are typically configured as databases but can be created from a variety of different source materials. The method includes identifying a set of items to be converted, identifying the characteristics for each item, accessing the characteristic values for each identified item, accessing mapping rules for each characteristic and each item, mapping the characteristic values for each item in the first catalog into the characteristic identified by the rule for the item in the second catalog, and compiling the mapped characteristic values for each item to form the second catalog.