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

Claim 0:
1. An improved database record combination method, the method comprising:
determining, with hardware circuitry, if a new record matches a master database record, the determining comprising:
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;
determining 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; and
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
combining, with the hardware circuitry, if the match is designated, the new record into the master database record, the combining comprising:
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.