Patent ID: 8156127

Claim:
A method, comprising: accessing, by a computer configured for data arbitration, multiple raw data values of a data element from a plurality of regulated data sources and a plurality of non-regulated data sources; converting said multiple raw data values of said data element into a common format of said data element; determining, by said computer, a first raw data value as a most frequently occurring raw data value (RDV) of said data element in said plurality of regulated data sources; determining, by said computer and in response to determining said first RDV to be unavailable, a second RDV value from one of said plurality of regulated data sources based on a ranking of said plurality of regulated data sources; determining, by said computer and in response to determining said first RDV to be unavailable and said second RDV to be unavailable, a third RDV from one of said plurality of non-regulated data sources based on a ranking of said plurality of non-regulated data sources; wherein said determining said first RDV to be unavailable comprises determining said first RDV to be at least one of blank, null, empt7, inaccurate or incomplete, and wherein said determining said second RDV to be unavailable comprises determining said second RDV to be at least one of blank, null, empty, inaccurate or incomplete; storing, by said computer, at least one of said first RDV, said second RDV, or said third RDV as an arbitrated data value; determining, by said computer, an arbitration indicator, wherein said determining said arbitration indicator comprises assigning a consistency level based on at least one of occurrence frequency in said plurality of regulated data sources, said ranking of said plurality of regulated data sources, or said ranking of said plurality of non-regulated data sources, wherein said consistency level comprises one of: high consistency, medium consistency and low consistency; and associating, by said computer, said arbitrated data value with said arbitration indicator.