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System and method for improving resolution of channel data

  • US 7,644,070 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2007
  • Issued: 01/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing product distribution, comprising:

  • one or more reference record databases;

    one or more reference records within the reference record databases, each reference record providing an association between business information and geo-coded spatial data regarding a product;

    transaction data wherein said transaction data includes geo-coded spatial data associated with said transaction data;

    a candidate identification mechanism for determining more than one candidate reference record from one of the reference record databases using geo-coded spatial data from the transaction data;

    responsive to determining more than one candidate reference records, a matching mechanism for matching at least one candidate reference record from the determined more than one candidate reference records to the transaction data using a lexical matching process;

    storing in memory a match identifier associated with the match between the at least one candidate reference record from the determined more than one candidate reference records and the transaction data and,distributing the product to a consumer via a distribution channel.

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