System and method for aggregation and association of professional affiliation data with commercial data content

US8930383B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Bethany Dekker · Sparta, US
• John Nicodemo · Bethlehem, US
• Kimberly Rounds · Allentown, US
• Anthony J. Scriffignano · West Caldwell, US
• Karma Hara · New York, US
• Michael Klein · Chatham, US
• David Hanuschak · Orefield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 28, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/927
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a method that includes (i) receiving a first record that contains an identity of an individual, a name of a business, and a role of the individual in the business, (ii) matching the first record to data that provides a unique business identifier for the business, (iii) matching the first record to data that provides a unique individual identifier for the individual, (iii) appending to the first record (a) the unique business identifier, (b) the unique individual identifier, and (c) a unique role identifier for the role of the individual in the business, (iv) matching the first record to a second record based on the unique business identifier, the unique individual identifier, and the unique role identifier, and (v) consolidating the first and second records into a resultant record.