Patent ID: 7391781

Claim:
A method for providing corrected data, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of first data elements, each of the plurality of first data elements comprising a first portion and a second portion; providing a second data element, the second data element corresponding to one of the plurality of first data elements and comprising a corrected version of the second portion of the corresponding first data element; comparing the plurality of first data elements to the second data element; receiving an indication that none of the second portions of the plurality of first data elements match the corrected version of the second portion of the second data element; in response to the indication, producing a first set of condensed versions of the plurality of first data elements and comparing the first set of condensed versions to a proprietary database comprising a second set of condensed versions of a second plurality of first data elements and corresponding plurality of second data elements; verifying that at least one of the condensed versions of the first set matches at least one of the condensed versions of the second set; and providing, based on the verifying, a link associating the second data element with the first data element.