US 8,819,062 B2Granted

Providing enhanced business listings with structured lists to multiple search providers from a source system

AssigneeYext, Inc.

InventorsHoward C. Lerman, Jonathan Kennell, Thomas C. Dixon

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Abstract

A source system receives listing identification data for delivery of an enhanced listing to a plurality of provider systems. For each provider system of the plurality of provider systems the source system transmits to the provider system identification data. The source system receives corresponding identification data. When the corresponding identification data is valid identification data, the source system delivers the enhanced listing to the provider system with a provider-supplied external identifier as an indication to the provider system to update a listing with enhanced content. When the corresponding identification data is not valid identification data, the source system delivers the enhanced listing to the provider system without the provider-supplied external identifier as an indication to the provider system to create a listing using the enhanced content. The enhanced content may comprise one or more structured lists.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a source server, listing identification data of an entity for transmission of an enhanced listing comprising enhanced content to a plurality of provider servers, wherein enhanced content comprises at least one of a list, a section of the list, or an item of the section;
and
for each provider server of the plurality of provider servers:
searching, by the source server in a database associated with the source server, for a provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data related to the entity that indicates a listing is present on the provider server;
when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data exists in the database,
transmitting, by the source server to the provider server, the enhanced listing with the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data as an indication to the provider server to update the listing of the entity present on the provider server with the enhanced content;
when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data does not exist in the database,
searching the provider server, by the source server, for a matching listing based on the received listing identification data of the entity;
when identification data present on the provider server relating to the listing of the entity matches the listing identification data of the entity searched by the source server,
storing, by the source server in a database associated with the source server, a provider-supplied external identifier employed by the provider server to identify a listing comprising the matching listing identification data related to the entity;
and
transmitting, by the source server to the provider server, the enhanced listing with the provider-supplied external identifier employed by the provider server to identify a listing as an indication to the provider server to update the listing of the entity present on the provider server with the enhanced content.

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A system, comprising:

a memory;
a source server, coupled to the memory, the source server to:
receive listing identification data of an entity for transmission of an enhanced listing comprising enhanced content to a plurality of provider servers, wherein enhanced content comprises at least one of a list, a section of the list, or an item of the section;
and
for each provider server of the plurality of provider servers:
search, in a database associated with the source server, for a provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data related to the entity that indicates a listing is present on the provider server;
when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data exists in the database,
transmit, to the provider server, the enhanced listing with the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data as an indication to the provider server to update the listing of the entity present on the provider server with the enhanced content;
when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data does not exist in the database,
search the provider server for a matching listing based on the received listing identification data of the entity;
when identification data present on the provider server relating to the listing of the entity matches the listing identification data of the entity searched by the source server,
store, in a database associated with the source server, a provider-supplied external identifier employed by the provider server to identify a listing comprising the matching listing identification data related to the entity;
and
transmit, to the provider server, the enhanced listing with the provider-supplied external identifier employed by the provider server to identify a listing as an indication to the provider server to update the listing of the entity present on the provider server with the enhanced content.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a source server, cause the source server to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a source server, listing identification data of an entity for transmission of an enhanced listing comprising enhanced content to a plurality of provider servers, wherein enhanced content comprises at least one of a list, a section of the list, or an item of the section;
and
for each provider server of the plurality of provider servers:
searching, by the source server in a database associated with the source server, for a provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data related to the entity that indicates a listing is present on the provider server;
when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data exists in the database,
transmitting, by the source server to the provider server, the enhanced listing with the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data as an indication to the provider server to update the listing of the entity present on the provider server with the enhanced content;
when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data does not exist in the database,
searching the provider server, by the source server, for a matching listing based on the received listing identification data of the entity;
when identification data present on the provider server relating to the listing of the entity matches the listing identification data of the entity searched by the source server,
storing, by the source server in a database associated with the source server, a provider-supplied external identifier employed by the provider server to identify a listing comprising the matching listing identification data related to the entity;
and
transmitting, by the source server to the provider server, the enhanced listing with the provider-supplied external identifier employed by the provider server to identify a listing as an indication to the provider server to update the listing of the entity present on the provider server with the enhanced content.

9 more elements

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a source server, listing identification data of an entity for transmission of an enhanced listing comprising enhanced content to a plurality of provider servers, wherein enhanced content comprises at least one of a list, a section of the list, or an item of the section;
and
for each provider server of the plurality of provider servers:
searching, by the source server in a database associated with the source server, for a provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data related to the entity that indicates a listing is present on the provider server;
when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data exists in the database,
transmitting, by the source server to the provider server, the enhanced listing with the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data as an indication to the provider server to update the listing of the entity present on the provider server with the enhanced content;
when the provider-supplied external identifier corresponding to the listing identification data does not exist in the database,
searching the provider server, by the source server for a matching listing based on the received listing identification data of the entity;
when the identification data present on the provider server relating to the listing of the entity does not match the listing identification data of the entity transmitted by the source server or when there is no listing related to the entity on the provider server,
transmitting, by the source server to the provider server, the enhanced listing without a provider-supplied external identifier employed by the provider server to identify a listing as an indication to the provider server to create a listing of the entity with the enhanced listing using the enhanced content;
receiving, by the source server from the provider server, a provider-supplied external identifier associated with the created listing related to the entity;
and
storing, by the source server in the database, the provider-supplied external identifier associated with the created listing related to the entity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/152,119Filed 10 Jan 2014 · continuation in part
Priority: 3 Jan 2012
Published: US 2014/0129591 A18 May 2014
Granted: 26 Aug 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 16/2471
Special types of queries, e.g. statistical queries, fuzzy queries or distributed queries: distributed queries
G06F 16/951
Retrieval from the web: indexing; Web crawling techniques
G06Q 30/08
Buying, selling or leasing transactions: auctions
G06F
Computing and data processing

Family

Application13/342,540Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 3 Jan 2012
US 2014/0129591 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 May 2014
US 2013/0173654 A1Published application
US 8,819,058 B2Related patent
US 8,819,062 B2This patent

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