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Method and system for validating remote database updates

  • US 7,047,258 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2002
  • Issued: 05/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for validating an update to a record in a remote database over a network, the update including at least one event, comprising:

  • comparing the record in the remote database with a corresponding record in a local database;

    generating an exception that describes a discrepancy between the remote database record and the local database record, for each discrepancy;

    associating an exception identifier with each exception, wherein each exception identifier is associated with an identifier of the record;

    associating an event identifier with each event in the update, wherein each event identifier is associated with an identifier of the record; and

    determining whether the update is valid by comparing the events and exceptions that correspond to the record;

    wherein the types of exceptions include;

    a first exception type in which the record is in the remote database and not in the local database;

    a second exception type in which the record is in the local database and not in the remote database; and

    a third exception type in which the record is in the local database and the remote database and a value of a field of the record in the local database is different than the value of the same field of the record in the remote database.

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