The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Sciquest, Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SCIQUEST, INC., Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 50/16 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0603 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 50/163 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is described, performed at a server hosting an electronic procurement system. Supplier catalog data is received at the server from a plurality of respective suppliers associated with the electronic procurement system. The supplier catalog data is in a plurality of formats. The supplier catalog data is converted from the respective plurality of formats to respective common format catalog data. The respective common format catalog data is added to a database.