Raymond Sayre

US Patent:

8515987, Aug 20, 2013

Filed:

Dec 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/014682

Inventors:

Deepak Jain - Redwood City CA, US
Neil W. Vaz - San Francisco CA, US
Raymond H. Sayre - San Francisco CA, US
Stanley G. Knutson - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan D. T. Boyd - San Francisco CA, US
Paul E. Friedman - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. - Short Hills NJ

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707769, 707808, 707809

Abstract:

A method of consolidating records from databases is disclosed. The method comprises initially making a first identification of a candidate match between records using a first search technique. The method further comprises making a second identification of a candidate match between records using a second search technique, and displacing the first identification of a candidate match between records based on a probability that the second identification is correct.