SUPPRESSING DUPLICATE LISTINGS ON MULTIPLE SEARCH ENGINE WEB SITES FROM A SINGLE SOURCE SYSTEM

摘要

A source system searches a provider system for one or more listings. The source system receives a plurality of potential matching listings. The source system designates a representative listing of the entity located on a provider system from among the plurality of potential matching listings. The source system designates one or more remaining potential matching listings of the plurality of potential matching listings as one or more duplicate listings. The source system transmits, to the provider system, a request to synchronize the representative listing as the representative listing of the entity on the provider system, the request comprising a first provider-supplied external identifier of the listing. The source system transmits, to the provider system, a request to suppress the remaining potential matching listings as one or more duplicate listings, the request to suppress comprising one or more provider- supplied external identifiers of the one or more remaining potential matching listings.