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Computerized-methods and systems for identifying duplicate entries in a database of merchant data

  • US 10,319,042 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/2015
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for use in verifying merchant data for a merchant, in connection with transaction data stored in a payment network, the method comprising:

  • accessing a master merchant identifier for the merchant;

    querying, by a computing device, multiple users as to which of a list of merchant data entries included in transaction data for multiple different transactions corresponds to the master merchant identifier for the merchant, wherein the users are associated with a location within a predefined distance of the merchant and/or have performed one or more purchase transactions at the merchant;

    receiving, at the computing device, a response from at least one of the users, in which the at least one of the users selects a merchant data entry from the list;

    determining a score indicative of a probability that at least one of the merchant data entries on the list corresponds accurately to the merchant, based at least in part on the response from the at least one of the users; and

    querying one or more additional users as to which of the list of merchant data entries corresponds to the master merchant identifier for the merchant, when the determined score fails to satisfy a predefine threshold.

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