Patents by Inventor Larry Skahill

Larry Skahill has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for searching and matching databases
    Patent number: 8768914
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Scriffignano, David Allaway, Eric Gustafson, Amy Hayenhjelm, Edward Ohlson, Courtney Shipman, Larry Skahill, Sudip Chakraborty, Ajay Pillai
  • Method and system for providing enhanced matching from customer driven queries
    Patent number: 8051049
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
    Inventors: Rich Remington, Pam Malene, Mia Morgan, Linda Rose, Sandy Stoker, Dan Wadding, Jeff Brill, Richard Flynn, Art Husk, Marie Panas, Larry Skahill, Sean Carolon
  • System and method for searching and matching databases
    Publication number: 20080235174
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Scriffignano, David Allaway, Eric Gustafson, Amy Hayenhjelm, Edward Ohlson, Courtney Shipman, Larry Skahill, Sudip Chakraborty, Ajay Pillai
  • System and method for searching and matching databases
    Patent number: 7392240
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Scriffignano, David Allaway, Eric Gustafson, Amy Hayenhjelm, Edward Ohlson, Courtney Shipman, Larry Skahill, Sudip Chakraborty, Ajay Pillai
  • Method and system for providing enhanced matching from customer driven queries
    Publication number: 20070265995
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Rich Remington, Pam Malene, Mia Morgan, Linda Rose, Sandy Stoker, Dan Wadding, Jeff Brill, Richard Flynn, Art Husk, Marie Panas, Larry Skahill, Sean Carolan
  • System and method for searching and matching databases
    Publication number: 20040220918
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Scriffignano, David Allaway, Eric Gustafson, Amy Hayenhjelm, Edward Ohlson, Courtney Shipman, Larry Skahill, Sudip Chakraborty, Ajay Pillai