Patent ID: 11966372
Assignee: BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. An apparatus comprising:
a database server with hardware circuitry;
a master database electrically connected to the database server, said master database containing a plurality of master database records;
a new record electrically transmitted to the database server, wherein the database server determines, with the hardware circuitry, if the new record matches one of the plurality of master database records by designating a match if a master database record address field exactly matches a new record address field and if a master database record city field exactly matches a new record city field and if either a master database record tax identification field exactly matches a new record tax identification field or if a master database record company name field exactly matches a new record company name field, and further determines an interim confidence score by assigning the interim confidence score a maximum value of either a tax identification confidence score, a company name confidence score, or a phone confidence score, designating the match if a threshold value is less than an average of the interim confidence score, an address confidence score, and a city confidence score; and
combines, with the hardware circuitry, if the match is designated, the new record into the master database record by setting a blank field in the master database record with a new record field and verifying fields in the master database record with a field verification service, and setting one or more master database record fields with one or more new record fields if the master database record is not verified.