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Method and system for auditing a test database against a reference database

  • US 6,195,658 B1
  • Filed: 07/15/1999
  • Issued: 02/27/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for auditing a test database against a reference database, said reference database having a reference record designed to correspond to a test record in said test database, said reference record represented by a reference token containing select data from said reference record, and said test record being in any one of a plurality of formats, said method comprising:

  • determining whether said test record format conforms to a recognizable record format by;

    determining whether said test record has a data pattern that conforms to a currently recognized data pattern;

    determining whether said test record has a data pattern that conforms to a pre-established data pattern, when said test record does not have said data pattern that conforms to said currently recognized data pattern; and

    saving said pre-established data pattern as said currently recognized data pattern, when said test record has said data pattern that conforms to said pre-established data pattern;

    copying select data from said test record into a test token when said test record format conforms to said recognizable record format; and

    determining whether data in said reference token matches data in said test token in accord with a comparison parameter, wherein said reference token and said test token have a common token format.

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