Social Location Data Management Methods and Systems

A system of managing data comprising:

• a server having stored thereon actual identifying data of a merchant indicating an actual identification of a storefront or business representing the merchant;
• a client having published thereon published identifying data representing a published identification of the storefront or business representing the merchant;
• a transceiver adapted to receive a data retrieval job request from a user requesting a comparison between the actual identifying data and the published identifying data, and further adapted to transmit a client request to the client requesting the published identifying data from the client,
• wherein the server is further adapted to compare the published identifying data with the actual identifying data and determine the accuracy of the published identifying data to obtain a comparison result;
• and
• wherein the transceiver is further adapted to transmit the comparison result.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to a processor and capable of executing the following:

• instructions to store actual identifying data of a merchant indicating an actual identification of a storefront or business representing the merchant;
• instructions to receive a data retrieval job request from a user requesting a comparison between the actual identifying data and published identifying data representing a published identification of the storefront or business representing the merchant;
• instructions to request the published identifying data from a client;
• instructions to compare the published identifying data with the actual identifying data;
• instructions to determine an accuracy of the published identifying data to obtain a result of the step of comparing;
• and
• instructions to transmit the result.

A method of presenting data on a store locator application comprising:

• storing actual identifying data of a merchant indicating an actual identification of a storefront or business representing the merchant;
• receiving a data retrieval job request from a user requesting a comparison between the actual identifying data and published identifying data representing a published identification of the storefront or business representing the merchant;
• receiving the published identifying data from a client;
• comparing the published identifying data with the actual identifying data;
• determining an accuracy of the published identifying data to obtain a result of the step of comparing;
• and
• presenting the result on the store locator application.