Patent ID: 7788278
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for using a computing system for querying at least one of a plurality of target databases for one or more target database records that match an input data query, said method comprising: receiving at the computer system from a requesting source an input data query having input data and an input data type; querying from the computer system a reference database selected from among a plurality of reference databases based on the input data type for a reference database record that matches the input data; in response to finding a matching reference database record, querying from the computer system at least one of a plurality of target databases for one or more target database records that correspond to the reference database record; in response to failing to find a matching reference database record but finding one or more possibly matching reference database records, determining whether a possibly matching record can be considered a near-matching record to the input data; retrieving those target database records that correspond to the reference database record and transferring from the computer system the corresponding records to the requesting source.