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

摘要

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.

主权项

1. 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.