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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Giacomo J. Catucci, Clinton Corners, NY (US);
Robert M. Dunn, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Alfredo Fappiano, Torrington, CT (US);
Joel K. Popelsky, Highland Mills, NY (US);
Giacomo J. Catucci, Clinton Corners, NY (US);
Robert M. Dunn, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Alfredo Fappiano, Torrington, CT (US);
Joel K. Popelsky, Highland Mills, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of searching for customer part numbers stored in an enterprise database includes creating a set of discrete search strings from a set of supplier part numbers by which a search of the customer part numbers is performed and identifying any exact, non-exact and further non-exact matches between the discrete search strings and the customer part numbers from an output of the search.