SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING RECORD OBJECTS OF TENANT SYSTEMS OF RECORD BASED ON A CHANGE TO A CORRESPONDING RECORD OBJECT OF A MASTER SYSTEM OF RECORD

• US 20190361876A1
• Filed: 04/30/2019
• Published: 11/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: People.ai, Inc.
• Original Assignee: People.ai, Inc.
• Inventors: Rogynskyy, Oleg, Jain, Vardhman, Joseph, Rajit Kurien, Navarro, Jose Alberto Muniz, Brunets, Yurii
• Granted Patent: US 10,489,388 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to updating record objects of tenant systems of record based on a change to a corresponding record object of a master system of record. A method can include identifying a first record object from a first system of record including record objects generated using second systems of record of a plurality of data source providers. The method can include determining an update to a first object field-value pair of the first record object of the first system of record. The method can include identifying a plurality of second record objects of the second systems of record that are linked to the first record object of the first system of record. The method can include updating at least one second record object by changing a value of an existing object field-value pair of the at least one second record object or adding a new object field-value pair to the at least one second record object.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, a first record object from a first system of record including a plurality of record objects generated using a plurality of second systems of record of a plurality of data source providers, each second system of record associated with a respective data source provider of the plurality of data source providers;

determining, by the one or more processors, an update to a first object field-value pair of the first record object of the first system of record;

identifying, by the one or more processors, a plurality of second record objects of the second systems of record that are linked to the first record object of the first system of record; and

updating, by the one or more processors, at least one second record object of the plurality of identified second record objects of the second systems of record by changing a value of an existing object field-value pair of the at least one second record object or adding a new object field-value pair to the at least one second record object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of second record objects of the second systems of record that are linked to the first record object of the first system of record further comprises:

for each second record object of the plurality of second record objects;

accessing, by the one or more processors, one or more data structures storing associations between the plurality of record objects of the first system of record and record objects of the second systems of record;

identifying, by the one or more processors, at least one entry of the one or more data structures corresponding to the first record object of the first system of record; and

identifying, by the one or more processors, the plurality of second record objects based on information included in the at least one entry of the one or more data structures.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the first record object of the first system of record includes a plurality of fields, each field of the plurality of fields including one or more value data structures, each value data structure of the one or more value data structures identifying a value and one or more entries corresponding to respective one or more second record objects that includes an object field-value pair that matches the field-value pairs of the first record object corresponding to the value data structure.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the plurality of second record objects of the second systems of record that are linked to the first record object of the first system of record further comprises:

for each second record object of the plurality of second record objects;

comparing, by the one or more processors, the object field-value pairs of the second record object with corresponding object field-value pairs of the first record object; and

determining, by the one or more processors, responsive to the comparison, that the second record object matches the first record object in accordance with a record object matching policy.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the second systems of record is maintained by a respective one of the data source providers, and

wherein updating the at least one second record object of the plurality of identified second record objects of the second systems of record further comprises transmitting, by the one or more processors to the respective one of the data source providers, an instruction corresponding to the update to the object field-value pair of the first record object.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing, by the one or more processors, an electronic activity transmitted or received by an electronic account associated with one of the data source providers;

extracting, by the one or more processors, a plurality of activity field-value pairs from the electronic activity;

matching, by the one or more processors, the electronic activity to a corresponding record object of at least one second system of record of the plurality of second systems of record based on the activity field-value pairs;

updating, by the one or more processors, an object field-value pair of the corresponding record object of the at least one second system of record based on determining that the object field-value pair does not match a corresponding activity field-value pair of the electronic activity; and

updating, by the one or more processors, an object field-value pair of the corresponding record object of the first system of record.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing, by the one or more processors, an electronic activity transmitted or received by an electronic account associated with one of the data source providers;

extracting, by the one or more processors, a plurality of electronic activity field-value pairs from the electronic activity;

comparing, by the one or more processors, the electronic activity field-value pairs of the electronic activity with corresponding node field-value pairs of a plurality of node profiles maintained by the one or more processors;

determining, by the one or more processors, responsive to the comparison, that a first node profile of the plurality of node profiles matches the first record object in accordance with a record object matching policy;

generating, by the one or more processors, a new node field-value pair of the first node profile based on determining that the activity field-value pair of the electronic activity does not match any existing node field-value pairs of the node profile.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors, the first record object of the first system of record to update based on the first node profile; and

updating, by the one or more processors, an object field-value pair of the first record object corresponding to the first node field-value pair of the first node profile based on determining that the object field-value pair does not match the first node field-value pair of the first node profile.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing, by the one or more processors, a third system of record not included in the plurality of second systems of record;

identifying a record object of the third system of record corresponding to the first record object;

identifying an object field-value pair of the third record object that does not match a corresponding object field-value pair of the first record object; and

generating a new object field-value pair in the first record object that matches the object field-value pair of the third record object.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining a confidence score of the value of the new object field-value pair; and

determining that the confidence score satisfies a predetermined threshold; and

wherein updating the at least one second record object of the plurality of identified second record objects of the second systems of record further comprises updating the at least one second record object of the plurality of identified second record objects of the second systems of record responsive to determining that the confidence score satisfies a predetermined threshold.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

maintaining, by the one or more processors, a plurality of shadow record objects linked to the record objects of the second systems of record;

identifying, by the one or more processors, a first shadow record object linked to the first record object; and

updating the shadow record object responsive to determining the update to the first object field-value pair of the first record object.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors, a first data source provider of the plurality of data source providers associated with the first record object;

determining, by the one or more processors, at least one second system of record of the plurality of second systems of record that corresponds to the first data source provider; and

transmitting, by the one or more processors, an instruction to cause the at least one second system of record to update at least one record object.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors, a third system of record not included in the plurality of second systems of record;

determining, by the one or more processors, a restriction setting to restrict use of the third system of record to update the first system of record; and

storing, by the one or more processors in one or more data structures, information corresponding to the restriction setting to restrict use of the third system of record to update the first system of record.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors, a third system of record not included in the plurality of second systems of record;

determining, by the one or more processors, a setting to allow use of the third system of record to update the first system of record; and

storing, by the one or more processors in one or more data structures, information corresponding to the setting to allow use of the third system of record to update the first system of record.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors, a third system of record not included in the plurality of second systems of record;

determining, by the one or more processors, a setting to allow use of the third system of record by the one or more processors to update at least one of the plurality of second systems of record; and

storing, by the one or more processors in one or more data structures, information corresponding to the setting to allow use of the third system of record by the one or more processors to update the at least one of the plurality of second systems of record.

16. A system comprising:

one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;

identify a first record object from a first system of record including a plurality of record objects generated using a plurality of second systems of record of a plurality of data source providers, each second system of record associated with a respective data source provider of the plurality of data source providers;

determine an update to a first object field-value pair of the first record object of the first system of record;

identify a plurality of second record objects of the second systems of record that are linked to the first record object of the first system of record; and

update at least one second record object of the plurality of identified second record objects of the second systems of record by changing a value of an existing object field-value pair of the at least one second record object or adding a new object field-value pair to the at least one second record object.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured by the machine readable instructions to identify the plurality of second record objects of the second systems of record that are linked to the first record object of the first system of record by:

for each second record object of the plurality of second record objects;

accessing one or more data structures storing associations between the plurality of record objects of the first system of record and record objects of the second systems of record;

identifying at least one entry of the one or more data structures corresponding to the first record object of the first system of record; and

identifying the plurality of second record objects based on information included in the at least one entry of the one or more data structures.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein:

the first record object of the first system of record includes a plurality of fields, each field of the plurality of fields including one or more value data structures, each value data structure of the one or more value data structures identifying a value and one or more entries corresponding to respective one or more second record objects that includes an object field-value pair that matches the field-value pairs of the first record object corresponding to the value data structure.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to identify the plurality of second record objects of the second systems of record that are linked to the first record object of the first system of record by:

for each second record object of the plurality of second record objects;

comparing the object field-value pairs of the second record object with corresponding object field-value pairs of the first record object; and

determining, responsive to the comparison, that the second record object matches the first record object in accordance with a record object matching policy.

20. A non-transient computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

identifying a first record object from a first system of record including a plurality of record objects generated using a plurality of second systems of record of a plurality of data source providers, each second system of record associated with a respective data source provider of the plurality of data source providers;

determining an update to a first object field-value pair of the first record object of the first system of record;

identifying a plurality of second record objects of the second systems of record that are linked to the first record object of the first system of record; and

updating at least one second record object of the plurality of identified second record objects of the second systems of record by changing a value of an existing object field-value pair of the at least one second record object or adding a new object field-value pair to the at least one second record object.