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 customer record entries, each customer record entry being associated with a unique customer identifier (UCID), comprising:
- receiving a UCID contained in the customer file;
associating via a conversion table the UCID with a corresponding unique universe identifier (UUID), the UUID referencing one record entry contained in an information supplier'"'"'s database, wherein the UCID is different from the UUID, and the UCID is distributed to a single customer and the UUID is not distributed to the customer;
updating, by a computer processor executing code stored on a computer-readable medium, a portion of a customer record entry associated with the transferred UCID with information contained in the record entry referenced by the corresponding UUID, comprising using the UCID associated with the UUID to map content of the information supplier'"'"'s database with content of the customer file, the information supplier'"'"'s database being updatable using raw data generated from economic activity of one or more economic entities; and
providing the customer record entry with the updated portion to the customer.
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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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1. 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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receiving a UCID contained in the customer file; associating via a conversion table the UCID with a corresponding unique universe identifier (UUID), the UUID referencing one record entry contained in an information supplier'"'"'s database, wherein the UCID is different from the UUID, and the UCID is distributed to a single customer and the UUID is not distributed to the customer; updating, by a computer processor executing code stored on a computer-readable medium, a portion of a customer record entry associated with the transferred UCID with information contained in the record entry referenced by the corresponding UUID, comprising using the UCID associated with the UUID to map content of the information supplier'"'"'s database with content of the customer file, the information supplier'"'"'s database being updatable using raw data generated from economic activity of one or more economic entities; and providing the customer record entry with the updated portion to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for updating a customer file having a plurality of customer record entries, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from an information buyer to update the customer file and receiving the customer file, the customer file comprising the plurality of customer record entries associated with a plurality of unique customer identifiers (UCIDs) and a plurality of economic entities such that a record entry of the plurality of customer record entries corresponds to one UCID and one economic entity, the plurality of UCIDs being associated by a conversion table to a plurality of unique universe identifiers (UUIDs) such that each UCID corresponds to one UUID, the plurality of UUIDs being different than the plurality of UCIDs, the conversion table being stored on a storage device of an information supplier; using the plurality of UCIDs associated with the plurality of UUIDs to map, by a processor in a computer of the information supplier, content of a universe file with content of the customer file, the universe file being updatable using raw data generated from economic activity of one or more of the plurality of economic entities; modifying at least one record entry in the customer file to include a datum from the universe file based on mapping of the content of the universe file with the content of the customer file using the plurality of UCIDs associated with the plurality of UUIDs to generate an updated customer file; and providing the updated customer file to the information buyer without providing the plurality of UUIDs, wherein the conversion table was created after receiving an initial customer file and prior to receiving the request to update the customer file, and wherein the plurality of UCIDs was associated with the plurality of UUIDs prior to receiving the request to update the customer file. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computerized processing system for updating a customer file having a plurality of customer record entries, the system comprising:
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a database device comprising a universe file having content associated with a plurality of unique universe identifiers (UUIDs), the universe file being updatable using raw data generated from economic activity of one or more of a plurality of economic entities; a conversion table stored on a storage device, the conversion table comprising the plurality of UUIDs associated with a plurality of unique customer identifiers (UCIDs) such that each UCID corresponds to one UUID, the plurality of UUIDs being different than the plurality of UCIDs, the conversion table being created after receiving an initial customer file and prior to receiving a request from an information buyer to update the customer file; a processor in a computer of an information supplier, the processor being capable of; receiving the request from the information buyer to update the customer file and receiving the customer file, the customer file comprising the plurality of customer record entries associated with the plurality of UCIDs and the plurality of economic entities such that a record entry of the plurality of customer record entries corresponds to one UCID and one economic entity; using the plurality of UCIDs associated with the plurality of UUIDs to map the content of the universe file with content of the customer file; modifying at least one record entry in the customer file to include a datum from the universe file based on mapping of the content of the universe file with the content of the customer file using the plurality of UCIDs associated with the plurality of UUIDs to generate an updated customer file; and providing the updated customer file to the information buyer without providing the plurality of UUIDs. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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