System and method for managing and updating information relating to economic entities
First Claim
1. A method for updating a customer file having a plurality of record entries, comprising:
- receiving raw data corresponding to at least one event generating entity;
processing the raw data and generating at least one processed record entry;
storing a plurality of processed record entries in a universe database, each record entry being associated with a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
);
comparing the content of the customer file with the content of the universe database;
generating a matched customer file and a non-matched customer file;
assigning a unique customer number (“
UCID”
) for each record entry contained in the customer file;
associating each UCID with a corresponding UUID; and
updating a portion of at least one record entry in the matched customer file with information contained in the processed record entry associated with the UUID corresponding to the UCID associated with the at least one record entry.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing and updating information relating to economic entities using sets of unique identifiers. A universe database contains record entries. Each of the record entries is associated with a unique universe identifier. A customer database contains customer record entries. Each customer record entry is associated with a unique customer identifier. A conversion table provides a mapping between the unique universe identifiers and the unique customer identifiers. The information contained in the customer database is updated using the unique universe identifiers, unique customer identifiers and the conversion table. The unique universe identifiers and the unique customer identifiers are stable over a period of time.
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53 Claims
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1. A method for updating a customer file having a plurality of record entries, comprising:
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receiving raw data corresponding to at least one event generating entity;
processing the raw data and generating at least one processed record entry;
storing a plurality of processed record entries in a universe database, each record entry being associated with a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
);
comparing the content of the customer file with the content of the universe database;
generating a matched customer file and a non-matched customer file;
assigning a unique customer number (“
UCID”
) for each record entry contained in the customer file;
associating each UCID with a corresponding UUID; and
updating a portion of at least one record entry in the matched customer file with information contained in the processed record entry associated with the UUID corresponding to the UCID associated with the at least one record entry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for updating a customer file having a plurality of customer record entries, each customer record entry being associated with a unique customer identifier (UCID), comprising:
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transferring a UCID contained in the customer file;
associating the transferred UCID with a corresponding unique universe identifier (UUID) referencing one record entry contained in an information supplier'"'"'s database; and
updating a portion of the customer record entry associated with the transferred UCID with information contained in the record entry referenced by the corresponding UUID. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for updating a customer file having a plurality of customer record entries, each customer record entry being associated with a unique customer identifier (UCID), comprising:
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transferring a UCID to an information supplier, the supplier having a universe database containing record entries, each of said record entry being associated with a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
);
associating the transferred UCID with a corresponding UUID; and
updating a portion of the customer record entry associated with the transferred UCID with information contained in the record entry being associated with the corresponding UUID. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for updating a plurality of customer files, each of said customer files belonging to an information buyer, comprising:
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a universe database containing record entries, each record entry being associated with a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
);
a means for assigning a set of unique customer identifiers (“
UCID”
) for each of the customer files;
a conversion table providing a mapping between a set of the UUID'"'"'s and each set of the UCID'"'"'s assigned to each of the plurality of customer files; and
updating a portion of at least one customer file using at least one UCID in the set of the UCID'"'"'s corresponding to the least one customer file and a portion of the conversion table. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for updating a customer database containing a plurality of customer record entries, each customer record entry being associated with a unique customer identifier (“
- UCID”
), comprising;
a universe database containing record entries, each record entry being associated with a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
);
a conversion table providing a mapping between the UUID'"'"'s and UCID'"'"'s; and
updating a portion of the customer database with information contained in the universe database using the UUID'"'"'s, the conversion table and the UCID'"'"'s. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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36. A method for managing information relating to event generating entities, comprising:
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receiving raw data generated by the entities;
processing the raw data and generating processed record entries, each record entry being associated with a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
), receiving a customer database containing a plurality of customer record entries; and
assigning a unique customer identifier (“
UCID”
) for each of the customer record entries; and
creating a conversion table providing a mapping for each UCID to one and only corresponding UUID. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A method for managing information relating to event generating entities, comprising:
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receiving raw data generated by the entities;
processing the raw data and generating processed record entries, each record entry being associated with a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
);
receiving at least one unique customer identifier (“
UCID”
); and
updating a portion of the customer database using a conversion table providing a mapping of the at least one UCID to a corresponding UUID. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. A method for managing information relating to an event generating entity, comprising:
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receiving raw data generated by the entity;
processing the raw data and generating at least one data file being accessible by a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
);
finding a corresponding unique universe customer identifier (“
UCID”
) using a conversion table;
transferring the at least one data file to update a record entry being associated with the UCID. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. A system for managing information relating to an event generating entity, comprising:
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a record entry comprising a plurality of data inputs, the record entry being associated with a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
);
a customer record entry comprising a plurality of customer data inputs, the customer record entry being associated with a unique customer identifier (“
UCID”
);
a conversion table providing a mapping between the UUID and UCID; and
updating a portion of the customer record entry using the UUID, UCID and conversion table. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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48. A method for updating a plurality of customer files, each customer file having a plurality of record entries, comprising:
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receiving raw data corresponding to at least one event generating entity;
processing the raw data and generating at least one processed record entry;
storing a plurality of processed record entries in a universe database;
each record entry being associated with a unique universe identifier (“
UUID”
);
comparing the content of each of the plurality of customer files with the content of the universe database;
generating a matched customer file and a non-matched customer file for each of the plurality of customer files;
assigning a set of unique customer identifiers (“
UCID'"'"'s”
) for each customer file, each UCID within the set being associated with each record entry contained in the customer file corresponding to the set of UCID'"'"'s;
associating each UCID with a corresponding UUID; and
updating a portion of at least one record entry in at least one matched customer file with information contained in the processed record entry associated with the UUID corresponding to the UCID associated with the at least one record entry. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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