Comparing and selecting data cleansing service providers

US8996479B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8996479-B2
Application numberUS-201313965906-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 13, 2013
Priority dateSep 29, 2010
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for exploring and selecting data cleansing service providers. Embodiments of the invention permit a user to explore different data cleansing service providers and compare quality results from the different data cleansing service providers. Sample data is mapped to a specified data domain. A list of service providers, for cleansing data for the selected data domain, is provided to a user. The user selects a subset of service providers. The sample data is submitted to the subset of service providers, which return results including allegedly cleansed data. The results are profiled and a comparison of the subset of service providers is presented to the user. The user selects a service provider to use when cleansing further data.

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What is claimed is: 1. At a computer system including one or more processors, system memory, and a display device, the computer system also including a data quality module, a method for identifying a reference data service provider for cleansing data, the method comprising: receiving a sample source of data, the sample source of data having known data inconsistencies; providing a list of a plurality of reference data service providers configured to cleanse data in a selected dat…

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What does patent US8996479B2 cover?
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for exploring and selecting data cleansing service providers. Embodiments of the invention permit a user to explore different data cleansing service providers and compare quality results from the different data cleansing service providers. Sample data is mapped to a specified data domain. A list of service provider…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Microsoft Corp, Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F16/215. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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