Patent Document ID: 6061503
Application ID: 08744509
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for resolving conflicts among a combination of at least one incoming data record, based upon time, of each data window transmitted to a head end and any existing stored data record and thereby transmitting current information only to a database, the method comprising: (a) receiving from a data provider and combining said at least one incoming data record and any existing stored data record to form at least one combined data record; (b) assigning an array index value to at least one of said at least one incoming data record and any existing stored data record; (c) sorting each said combined data record into one of a plurality of fields to form at least one sorted data record; (d) within each of said fields comparing each said sorted data record and removing any conflicting sorted data record leaving at least one non-conflicting data record; (e) within each of said fields comparing each said non-conflicting data record and removing any exact duplicate data record leaving at least one non-conflicting unique data record; (f) within each of said fields comparing each said non-conflicting unique data record and removing any difference duplicate non-conflicting unique data record leaving any remaining non-conflicting unique data record or records; (g) within each of said fields removing any of said remaining non-conflicting unique data record with an array index value less than a lowest array index value of said at least one incoming data record; and (h) transmitting said at least one current non-conflicting unique data record to the database.