Patent Document ID: 7707192
Application ID: 11439794
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of associating a data element value with a data element, the method comprising the steps of: utilizing a computer to obtain a plurality of data element values from one or more data sources, wherein each of the plurality of data element values are related to a single data element; storing the plurality of data element values; determining at least one factor related to each of the plurality of data element values; calculating a present confidence index for each of the plurality of data element values based on the at least one factor, comprising: periodically calculating one or more confidence indexes for each of the plurality of data element values, storing the periodically calculated confidence indexes, and utilizing a historic trend of the periodically calculated confidence indexes for each data element value as the at least one factor when calculating the present confidence index; comparing the present confidence index for each of the plurality of data element values to determine a data element value with the highest present confidence index; selecting the data element value with the highest present confidence index; and associating the selected data element value with the data element.