Patent ID: 8996475
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for normalization of multiple standard contact information databases in a networked computer system, the method comprising: (a) automatically using a registration computer including a processor and a memory to access a plurality of information sources, each information source containing contact information for one or more objects; (b) automatically using the registration computer to add the contact information for one or more of the one or more objects contained in the plurality of information sources to a contact information database, wherein adding the contact information to the contact information database comprises: (c) automatically using the registration computer to assign a unique contact identification to the contact information for each of the one or more objects added to the contact information database; (d) automatically using the registration computer to receive a registration request via a computer network from a requesting computer system on the computer network, the registration request including contact information of the requesting computer system; (e) in response to receiving the registration request, automatically using the registration computer to assign a network-unique system identification to the requesting computer system; (f) automatically using the registration computer to transmit the assigned network-unique system identification to the requesting computer system; (g) automatically using the registration computer to determine whether the contact information included in the received registration request matches contact information previously added to the contact information database; (h) if the registration computer determines in step (g) that the contact information included in the received registration request matches contact information previously added to the contact information database, automatically using the registration computer to transmit the network-unique contact identification assigned to the matching contact information previously added to the contact information database; and (i) if the registration computer determines in step (g) that the contact information included in the received registration request does not match contact information previously added to the contact information database, automatically using the registration computer to: