Patent Document ID: 20080189279
Application ID: 11762672
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of processing computer-readable data, comprising computer-implemented operations of: identifying a candidate pool of records of a multi-record computer-readable reference database by performing fuzzy matching between a first set of fields of an input record and corresponding fields of records from the reference database; filtering the candidate pool by removing records from the candidate pool demonstrating prescribed weaknesses of said fuzzy match with the first set of fields of the input record; analyzing the filtered candidate pool by performing fuzzy matching between a second set of fields of the input record and corresponding fields of records of the filtered candidate pool; performing at least one of the following operations: pruning the candidate pool according to results of the analyzing operation and providing a computer-readable output including identification of records of the pruned candidate pool; providing a computer-readable output including identification of records of the candidate pool and results of the analyzing operation.