Patent ID: 7165078
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for maintaining data, the method comprising: at a first computer system, receiving a cleansing case associating a source instance of a data data element having one or more associated attribute values with a target instance of a data element; sending to a second computer system a blocking message that identifies the cleansing case and indicates access to the cleansing case from the second computer system is to be blocked; permitting a first user at the first computer system to process the cleansing case by permitting the first user to identify one or more attribute values associated with the source instance that are to be associated with the target instance, and associate the identified attribute values with the target instance; after the first user processes the cleansing case, sending to the second computer system a cleansing-result message that identifies the cleansing case and indicates access to the cleansing case from the second computer system is to be permitted; and only after receipt of the cleansing-result message at the second computer system, permitting a second user at the second computer system to process the cleansing case by permitting the second user to identify one or more attribute values associated with the source instance that are to be associated with the target instance, and associate the identified attribute values with the target instance.