The Dun Bradstreet Corporation

Larry Skahill

Anthony J Scriffignano

Ajay Pillai

David R Allaway

Amy Hayenhjelm

Edward Ohlson

Courtney Shipman

Eric Gustafson

Sudip Chakraborty

Linda Rose

Richard Flynn

Art Husk

Marie Panas

Jeff Brill

Sean Carolan

Sean Carolon

Rich Remington

Pam Malene

Mia Morgan

Sandy Stoker

Dan Wadding

There is provided a method for searching a database to obtain data. The method includes (a) prioritizing a set of keys that are derived from a match inquiry, thus yielding a prioritized set of keys, wherein the prioritizing is based on, for each key of the set, an efficacy of using the key, (b) determining a subset of the prioritized set, and (c) retrieving, using the subset, a set of candidates for satisfying the match inquiry.

System and method for searching and matching databases

A system for providing enhanced matching for database queries. The system includes a data source; a data repository comprising a single-sourced reference file; a database comprising a multi-sourced reference file, the multi-sourced reference file having a first unique business identification number corresponding to a business entity; and an intelligence engine processing incoming data from the data source. The intelligence engine determines whether the incoming data matches the multi-sourced reference file and adds the data to the multi-sourced reference file when the data matches the multi-sourced reference file. The intelligence engine also determines whether the incoming data matches a single-sourced reference file contained within the data repository when the data does not match the multi-sourced reference file.

Method and system for providing enhanced matching from customer driven queries

A system and method for finding a business entity in a database that matches input data. A web services interface accepts a match request and provides a best match. A pre-processing layer cleans, parses, and standardizes input data into terms. An application layer includes a match engine for processing the match request using the terms. The match engine evaluates and scores match candidates from the database to provide the best match and, optionally, an ordered list of match candidates.

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