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Rules analyzer system and method for evaluating and ranking exact and probabilistic search rules in an enterprise database

  • US 20030120652A1
  • Filed: 01/21/2003
  • Published: 06/26/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of uniquely identifying an object record in a database of object records according to a plurality of ranked exact and probabilistic search rules, comprising the steps of:

  • obtaining application identification information and attributes of a target object;

    executing one or more exact-match search rules to search the database of object records for the target object;

    executing one or more user defined probabilistic search rules to search the database of object records for the target object if the exact-match search rules retrieve no object record identical to the obtained application identification information and attributes, wherein a list of probable matches to the target object are retrieved and ranked by degree of match probability;

    receiving user input of selection of one retrieved object record determined to be the target object record;

    updating the database of object records in real time for the selected target object with new attributes and information associated with the target object;

    determining the efficiency of the exact-match and probabilistic search rules according to a plurality of collected statistics for each search rule; and

    adjusting a sequence of execution of the exact-match and probabilistic search rules in descending order by efficiency.

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