Patent ID: 8819062
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a source server, listing identification data of an entity for transmission of an enhanced listing comprising enhanced content to a plurality of provider servers, wherein enhanced content comprises at least one of a list, a section of the list, or an item of the section; and for each provider server of the plurality of provider servers: searching, by the source server in a database associated with the source server, for a provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data related to the entity that indicates a listing is present on the provider server; when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data exists in the database, transmitting, by the source server to the provider server, the enhanced listing with the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data as an indication to the provider server to update the listing of the entity present on the provider server with the enhanced content; when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data does not exist in the database, searching the provider server, by the source server, for a matching listing based on the received listing identification data of the entity; when identification data present on the provider server relating to the listing of the entity matches the listing identification data of the entity searched by the source server, storing, by the source server in a database associated with the source server, a provider-supplied external identifier employed by the provider server to identify a listing comprising the matching listing identification data related to the entity; and transmitting, by the source server to the provider server, the enhanced listing with the provider-supplied external identifier employed by the provider server to identify a listing as an indication to the provider server to update the listing of the entity present on the provider server with the enhanced content.