Systems and methods for matching media content data

1. A method of managing an aggregation database comprising:

receiving a primary media content record from an external source;

comparing a group of attributes of the received primary media content record against a corresponding group of attributes of each candidate media content record of a first set of candidate media content records stored in the aggregation database;

computing an attribute score for each compared attribute of each candidate media content record of the first set based on the comparing;

computing a composite score for each candidate media content record of the first set of candidate media content records by:

multiplying the attribute score of each compared attribute of each candidate media content record by a corresponding weight to generate a weighted attribute score, and

adding the generated weighted attribute score of each compared attribute of each candidate media content record to generate the composite score for each candidate media content record; and

linking the received primary media content record to a stored candidate media content record based on the generated composite scores.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

comparing a title attribute of the received primary media content record to a title attribute of each candidate media content record stored in the aggregation database; and

selecting the first set of candidate media content records based on the comparing of the title attributes.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

performing a fuzzy matching of a first group of attributes of the received primary media content record to a respective group of attributes of each candidate media content record of the first set; and

computing the composite score for each candidate media content record of the first set of candidate media content records based on the performed fuzzy matching.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a second set of candidate media content records from the first set of candidate media content records based on the composite scores of the first set;

performing a binary comparison of a first discrete attribute of the received primary media content record against a respective discrete attribute of each candidate media content record of the second selected set, wherein linking the received primary media content record to the stored candidate media content record is based on the binary comparison; and

discarding a candidate media content record from the first set of candidate media content records based on the composite scores of the first set.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

comparing the composite score to a threshold; and

linking the received primary media content record to the stored candidate media content record based on the comparison of the composite score to a threshold.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein linking the received primary media content record further comprises:

linking the received primary media content record to a data cluster in the aggregation database;

determining if the composite score is below the threshold; and

generating a new media content record in the aggregation database based on determining that the composite score is below the threshold.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining that a group of stored candidate media content records in the aggregation database are duplicates that correspond to the received primary media content record; and

merging the group of duplicate stored candidate media content records.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

comparing the group of attributes of the received primary media content record against the corresponding group of attributes of each candidate media content record of a set of candidate media content records stored in the aggregation database based on a matching rule,

wherein the matching rule defines a sequence of comparisons of groups of attributes of a given received media content record and corresponding groups of attributes of a given candidate media content record.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

creating a filter rule based on a vector of attributes, wherein the computing the composite score is based on the vector of attributes corresponding to the filter rule, and wherein the matching rule comprises one or more filter rules.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining that the received primary media content record corresponds to a candidate media content record; and

updating attributes of the candidate media content record based on attributes of the received primary media content record, if the received primary media content record corresponds to the candidate media content record from the first set.

11. A system for managing an aggregation database comprising:

control circuitry configured to:

receive a primary media content record from an external source;

compare a group of attributes of the received primary media content record against a corresponding group of attributes of each candidate media content record of a first set of candidate media content records stored in the aggregation database;

compute an attribute score for each compared attribute of each candidate media content record based on the comparing;

compute a composite score for each candidate media content record of the first set of candidate media content records by:

multiply the attribute score of each compared attribute of each candidate media content record by a corresponding weight to generate a weighted attribute score, and

add the generated weighted attribute score of each compared attribute of each candidate media content record to generate the composite score for each candidate media content record; and

link the received primary media content record to a stored candidate media content record based on the generated composite scores.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

compare a title attribute of the received primary media content record to a title attribute of each candidate media content record stored in the aggregation database; and

select the first set of candidate media content records based on the comparing of the title attributes.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

perform a fuzzy matching of a first group of attributes of the received primary media content record to a respective group of attributes of each candidate media content record of the first set; and

compute the composite score for each candidate media content record of the first set of candidate media content records based on the performed fuzzy matching.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

select a second set of candidate media content records from the first set of candidate media content records based on the composite scores of the first set;

perform a binary comparison of a first discrete attribute of the received primary media content record against a respective discrete attribute of each candidate media content record of the second selected set, wherein linking the received primary media content record to the stored candidate media content record is based on the binary comparison; and

discard a candidate media content record from the first set of candidate media content records based on the composite scores of the first set.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

compare the composite score to a threshold; and

link the received primary media content record to a stored candidate media content record based on the comparison of the composite score to a threshold.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

link the received primary media content record to a data cluster in the aggregation database;

determine if the composite score is below the threshold; and

generate a new media content record in the aggregation database based on determining that the composite score is below the threshold.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine that a group of stored candidate media content records in the aggregation database are duplicates that correspond to the received primary media content record; and

merge the group of duplicate stored candidate media content records.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

compare the group of attributes of the received primary media content record against the corresponding group of attributes of each candidate media content record of a set of candidate media content records stored in the aggregation database based on a matching rule,

wherein the matching rule defines a sequence of comparisons of groups of attributes of a given received media content record and corresponding groups of attributes of a given candidate media content record.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

create a filter rule based on a vector of attributes, wherein computing the composite score is based on the vector of attributes corresponding to the filter rule, and wherein the matching rule comprises one or more filter rules.

20. The system of claim 11 further comprising:

determining that the received primary media content record corresponds to a candidate media content record; and

updating attributes of the candidate media content record based on attributes of the received primary media content record, if the received primary media content record corresponds to the candidate media content record from the first set.