Methods and Apparatus for Storing and Accessing Vendor Master Data Records in a Cloud Network via a Proxy vendor System

摘要

The embodiments in this disclosure include a system for receiving search requests for one or more items from a client device having access to a local database that stores primary catalogs containing items of contracted entities. If the items are not found in the primary catalogs, the system may be configured to execute an API for processing the search request by routing the search request to a proxy vendor computer in a cloud network. The cloud network may be configured to store vendor master records for one or more non-contracted entities. The proxy vendor computer can conduct a text search of secondary catalogs associated with non-contracted entities, and can transmit search results to the client device for the requested items. The items may correspond to one or more vendor master records associated with a non-contracted entity and may have a matching entry in one or more of the secondary catalogs.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
in a system in a network comprising one or more computer devices in communication with one or more databases, the one or more computer devices including a proxy vendor computer: receiving, by the system, a search request for one or more items from a client device, the client device having access to a local database storing one or more primary catalogs sourced from a first group of one or more entities, the one or more items absent from the one or more primary catalogs; executing, by the system, a first API for processing the search request by at least routing the search request to the proxy vendor computer in the cloud network configured to store a plurality of vendor master records for a second group of one or more entities in the one or more databases; conducting, by the proxy vendor computer, a full text search of one or more secondary catalogs sourced from the second group of one or more entities; and transmitting one or more search results to the client device, the one or more search results comprising the one or more items of the search request, the one or more items corresponding to one or more vendor master records associated with at least one of the entities in the second group, the one or more items in the search request having a matching entry in the secondary catalog of at least one of the entities in the second group, wherein the one or more vendor master records stored by the proxy vendor computer in the network are accessible by client devices in communication with the system.