Patent Document ID: 20140156606
Application ID: 13928983
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for integrating data into a database, the method comprising: storing data comprising a plurality of records which each comprise a plurality of attributes; analysing a sample of records from the plurality of records by: identifying duplicate pairs of records in the sample records; and analysing each attribute of each record of the duplicate pairs of records to identify a respective attribute condition which is indicative that the pairs of records are duplicates; comparing each attribute of a record with the respective attribute condition and, if the attribute satisfies the attribute condition, allocating the record to a disjoint group which comprises records with an attribute that satisfies the same respective attribute condition; identifying duplicate pairs of records in the records in each disjoint group; identifying duplicate pairs of records in records that are not allocated to a disjoint group; and consolidating each duplicate pair of records into one consolidated record and storing the consolidated record in an integrated database.