Method of and system for determining connections between parties
First Claim
1. A method of determining a connection between a source party and a target party comprising:
- A. constructing a host database, said host database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party, said identification information being extracted from non-restricted sources;
B. constructing a client database, said client database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party, said identification information being extracted from a client'"'"'s private sources;
C. receiving identification information of a source party and a target party;
D. identifying a record in said client database including identification information of said source party;
E. identifying a record in said host database including identification information of said target party;
F. searching said data fields in said records of at least one of said client database and said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said source party record and at least one intermediate party record;
G. searching said data fields in said records of at least one of said client database and said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record; and
H. upon locating at least one identification information commonality between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record, generating a list including said at least one intermediate party record;
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Abstract
A method of determining a connection between a source party and a target party includes:
A. constructing a host database, the host database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of the data fields including identification information of a party, the identification information being extracted from non-restricted sources;
B. constructing a client database, the client database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of the data fields including identification information of a party, the identification information being extracted from a client'"'"'s private sources;
C. receiving identification information of a source party and a target party;
D. identifying a record in the client database including identification information of the source party;
E. identifying a record in the host database including identification information of the target party;
F. searching the data fields in the records of at least one of the client database and the host database to locate identification information commonalities between the source party record and at least one intermediate party record;
G. searching the data fields in the records of at least one of the client database and the host database to locate identification information commonalities between the at least one intermediate party record and the target party record; and
H. upon locating at least one identification information commonality between the at least one intermediate party record and the target party record, generating a list including the at least one intermediate party record.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of determining a connection between a source party and a target party comprising:
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A. constructing a host database, said host database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party, said identification information being extracted from non-restricted sources;
B. constructing a client database, said client database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party, said identification information being extracted from a client'"'"'s private sources;
C. receiving identification information of a source party and a target party;
D. identifying a record in said client database including identification information of said source party;
E. identifying a record in said host database including identification information of said target party;
F. searching said data fields in said records of at least one of said client database and said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said source party record and at least one intermediate party record;
G. searching said data fields in said records of at least one of said client database and said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record; and
H. upon locating at least one identification information commonality between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record, generating a list including said at least one intermediate party record;
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8. A method of determining a connection between a source party and a target party comprising:
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A. constructing a host database, said host database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party, said identification information being extracted from non-restricted sources;
B. receiving identification information of a source party and a target party;
C. identifying a record in said host database including identification information of said source party;
D. identifying a record in said host database including identification information of said target party;
E. searching said data fields in said records of said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said source party record and at least one intermediate party record;
F. searching said data fields in said records of said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record; and
G. upon locating a data field commonality between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record, generating a list of said at least one intermediate party record. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for determining a connection between a source party and a target party comprising:
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a host system including a computer processor and associated memory, said host system including a host database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party, said identification information being extracted from non-restricted sources;
a client system including a computer processor and associated memory, said client system including a client database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said fields including identification information of a party, said identification information being extracted from a client'"'"'s private sources;
said client system establishing a connection to said host system over said communication network and inputting identification information of a source party and a target party;
said host system identifying a record in at least on of said client database and said host database including identification information of said source party and identifying a record in at least one of said client database and said host database including identification information of said target party;
said host system searching said data fields in said records to locate identification information commonalities between said source party record and at least one intermediate party record and searching said data fields in said records to locate identification information commonalities between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record; and
upon locating a identification information commonality between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record, said host system generating a list of said at least one intermediate party record.
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16. A system for determining a connection between a source party and a target party comprising:
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a host system including a computer processor and associated memory, said host system including a database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party, said identification information being extracted from non-restricted sources;
a user system including a computer processor and associated memory, said user system being adapted for establishing a connection to said host system over a communication network, said user system inputting identification information of a source party and a target party to said host system;
said host system identifying records in said database including identification information of said source party identification information of said target party;
said host system searching said data fields in said records to locate identification information commonalities between said source party record and at least one intermediate party record and searching said data fields in said records to locate identification information commonalities between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record; and
upon locating a identification information commonality between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record, said host system generating a list of said at least one intermediate party record.
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17. A method of determining a connection between a source party and a target party comprising:
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A. receiving identification information of a source party and a target party;
B. identifying a record in a client database including identification information of said source party, said client database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party;
C. identifying a record in a host database including identification information of said target party, said host database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party;
D. searching said data fields in said records of at least one of said client database and said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said source party record and at least one intermediate party record;
E. searching said data fields in said records of at least one of said client database and said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record; and
F. upon locating at least one identification information commonality between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record, generating a list including said at least one intermediate party record.
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18. method of determining a connection between a source party and a target party comprising:
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A. receiving identification information of a source party and a target party;
B. identifying a record in a host database including identification information of said source party, said host database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party, said identification information being extracted from non-restricted sources;
C. identifying a record in said host database including identification information of said target party;
D. searching said data fields in said records of said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said source party record and at least one intermediate party record;
E. searching said data fields in said records of said host database to locate identification information commonalities between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record; and
F. upon locating a data field commonality between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record, generating a list of said at least one intermediate party record.
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19. A system for determining a connection between a source party and a target party comprising:
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a host system including a computer processor and associated memory, said host system including a database including a plurality of records, each record including a number of data fields, each of said data fields including identification information of a party;
a user system including a computer processor and associated memory, said user system being adapted for establishing a connection to said host system over a communication network, said user system inputting identification information of a source party and a target party to said host system;
said host system identifying records in said database including identification information of said source party identification information of said target party;
said host system searching said data fields in said records to locate identification information commonalities between said source party record and at least one intermediate party record and searching said data fields in said records to locate identification information commonalities between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record; and
upon locating a identification information commonality between said at least one intermediate party record and said target party record, said host system generating a list of said at least one intermediate party record.
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