US 11,748,560 B2
Converting between tabular and structured data formats
Qi Ming Teng, Beijing (CN); Christopher Peter Baker, East Sussex (GB); Sai Zeng, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); and Jun Duan, Mount Kisco, NY (US)
Assigned to Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/993,827.
Prior Publication US 2022/0050962 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06F 40/18 (2020.01); G06F 40/103 (2020.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 40/205 (2020.01) [G06F 16/2237 (2019.01); G06F 16/258 (2019.01); G06F 40/103 (2020.01); G06F 40/18 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for converting data in a tabular format to a structured format, the method comprising:
receiving data stored in the tabular format;
identifying headers within the data stored in the tabular format;
building an array for each of a plurality of objects within the data in the tabular format, each object corresponding to at least one identified header of the identified headers;
parsing a data row using at least one of the built arrays and adding data within the data row to the structured format in a specific location based on characteristics indicated in the at least one array; and
converting the data of the tabular format into the structured format by at least the identifying of the headers within the tabular format, and also converting the structured format into the tabular format.