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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2012
Applicants:

Mark A. Melnychenko, Avondale, PA (US);

Beth A. Gehman, Quakertown, PA (US);

Susan E. Grant, Royersford, PA (US);

Jason Mowry, Phoenixville, PA (US);

Jill Mowry, Phoenixville, PA (US);

Kenneth Murphy, Fort Washington, PA (US);

Victoria Tang, Malvern, PA (US);

Xiaomin Wang, Phoenixville, PA (US);

Jennifer M. Wolfe, Schwenksville, PA (US);

Paul Wolfe, Schwenksville, PA (US);

Inventors:

Mark A. Melnychenko, Avondale, PA (US);

Beth A. Gehman, Quakertown, PA (US);

Susan E. Grant, Royersford, PA (US);

Jason Mowry, Phoenixville, PA (US);

Jill Mowry, Phoenixville, PA (US);

Kenneth Murphy, Fort Washington, PA (US);

Victoria Tang, Malvern, PA (US);

Xiaomin Wang, Phoenixville, PA (US);

Jennifer M. Wolfe, Schwenksville, PA (US);

Paul Wolfe, Schwenksville, PA (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/3053 (2013.01); G06F 17/30542 (2013.01); G06F 17/30699 (2013.01); G06F 17/30023 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are described herein for managing an aggregation database. Matching rules that describe filters may be defined to determine how to match a media content record received from an external source to a stored record in the aggregation database. Fuzzy matching may be used to match attribute fields of the received record and stored records. Based on the results of the fuzzy matching, the received primary media content record may be linked to a stored record in the aggregation database.


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