Entity Identification and/or Association Using Multiple Data Elements
First Claim
1. A method for associating data records representing one or more entities, comprising:
- obtaining access to a plurality of data records, each data record including a plurality of data elements;
selecting two or more data elements from the plurality of data elements, the selected data elements being selected so as to enable one or more entity identifiers to be formed from values for the selected data elements from the plurality of data records; and
associating a first data record with a second data record if a first entity identifier formed from values for the selected data elements from the first data record substantially matches a second entity identifier formed from values for the selected data elements from the second data record.
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Abstract
Data values from a plurality of data elements can be combined to form one or more entity identifiers to facilitate identifications of and/or associations among a plurality of data records representing one or more entities. Associated data records can represent the same entity and/or multiple entities that can be properly associated. Associations can be made among two or more unique entities and/or their respective representative data records if they correspond to substantially the same entity identifier. In one embodiment, the number, type, and/or characteristics of values for data elements used to form an entity identifier can be selected so that the entity identifier is substantially statistically unique.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for associating data records representing one or more entities, comprising:
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obtaining access to a plurality of data records, each data record including a plurality of data elements; selecting two or more data elements from the plurality of data elements, the selected data elements being selected so as to enable one or more entity identifiers to be formed from values for the selected data elements from the plurality of data records; and associating a first data record with a second data record if a first entity identifier formed from values for the selected data elements from the first data record substantially matches a second entity identifier formed from values for the selected data elements from the second data record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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