Patent ID: 6725243
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for updating information contained in a database comprising the steps of:providing a first database containing a plurality of data entries; providing a reference database containing a plurality of reference data entries; providing an update file containing data that is supplemental to that contained in the reference database; comparing the data entries in the first database to the reference data entries in the reference database; identifying a suspect data entry among the data entries in the first database by locating one the data entry that does not match any of the reference data entries in the reference database; comparing the suspect data entry to information contained in the update file; in the event that the suspect data entry matches information contained in the update file, leaving the suspect data entry in the first database in an unchanged condition in the first database; and in the event that the suspect data entry does not match information contained in the update file, one of deleting the suspect data entry from the first database and correcting the data entry in the first database to match the information in the update file.