Patent ID: 8768802
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for matching transaction records to merchant records of a merchant profile database, the transaction records containing transaction data of financial presentation devices that are presentable to a plurality of merchants, the transaction data including merchant identifying data that identifies the merchant for the transaction, the system comprising: a memory storing a plurality of transaction records; a merchant profile database storing a plurality of merchant profile records; and a processor wherein the memory further stores a match logic module executable by the processor and physically configured to: recognize a plurality of format variations for a merchant field value in a merchant field in merchant identifying data contained in a transaction record; determine whether a format of the merchant field value in the merchant field corresponds to one of the recognized format variations wherein the processor is physically configured to: normalize the merchant field value in response to determining that the format of the merchant field value in the merchant field corresponds to one of the recognized format variations wherein the processor is physically configured to: match the transaction record to a corresponding merchant profile record in the merchant profile database based at least in part on the normalized field value.