METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DATA CORRECTION AND MANAGEMENT

• US 20150012501A1
• Filed: 07/05/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Inventors: Xing, Ye, WU, Tao
• Granted Patent: US 10,073,870 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/690
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/215 Improving data quality; Data cleansing, e.g. de-duplication, removing invalid entries or correcting typographical errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

An approach is provided for determining at least one entity specified in at least one data record. The approach further involves determining one or more data sources available from the at least one entity. The approach further involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more data sources to determine information for a verification, an update, or a combination thereof of the at least one data record.

Claims

1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of at least one entity specified in at least one data record;

at least one determination of one or more data sources available from the at least one entity; and

a processing of the one or more data sources to determine information for a verification, an update, or a combination thereof of the at least one data record.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination that there is a difference between information and one or more fields of the at least one data record,

wherein the verification, the update, or a combination thereof of the at least one data record is based, at least in part, on the difference.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a specification of the information as a ground truth; and

determining the difference in relation to the ground truth.

4. A method of claim 2, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of whether (a) to initiate the verification, the update, or a combination;

(b) to present a message, a report, or a combination thereof regarding the verification, the update, or a combination thereof;

or (c) a combination thereof based, at least in part, on a degree of the difference.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the processing of the one or more data sources to determine the information is based, at least in part, on a pattern extraction, a pattern recognition, a pattern matching, or a combination thereof.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more data sources include, at least in part, online materials, offline materials, or a combination thereof published by the at least one entity.

7. A method of claim 6, wherein the online materials include, at least in part, at least one website of the at least one entity, and wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a crawling of the at least one website to determine the information.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the offline materials include, at least in part, one or more physical documents, and wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a conversion for the one or more physical documents into one or more digital documents; and

a processing of the one or more digital documents to determine the information.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of one or more weighting factors associated with the one or more data sources, the information, or a combination thereof,

wherein the verification, the update, or a combination thereof is further based, at least in part, on the one or more weighting factors.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein the at least one entity is a point of interest, a contact, or a combination thereof, and wherein the information includes, at least in part, an address, an attribute, or a combination thereof.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

determine at least one entity specified in at least one data record;

determine one or more data sources available from the at least one entity; and

process and/or facilitate a processing of the one or more data sources to determine information for a verification, an update, or a combination thereof of the at least one data record.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine that there is a difference between information and one or more fields of the at least one data record,

wherein the verification, the update, or a combination thereof of the at least one data record is based, at least in part, on the difference.

13. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a specification of the information as a ground truth; and

determine the difference in relation to the ground truth.

14. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine whether (a) to initiate the verification, the update, or a combination;

(b) to present a message, a report, or a combination thereof regarding the verification, the update, or a combination thereof;

or (c) a combination thereof based, at least in part, on a degree of the difference.

15. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processing of the one or more data sources to determine the information is based, at least in part, on a pattern extraction, a pattern recognition, a pattern matching, or a combination thereof.

16. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more data sources include, at least in part, online materials, offline materials, or a combination thereof published by the at least one entity.

17. An apparatus of claim 16, wherein the online materials include, at least in part, at least one website of the at least one entity, the apparatus further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a crawling of the at least one website to determine the information.

18. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the offline materials include, at least in part, one or more physical documents, the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a conversion for the one or more physical documents into one or more digital documents; and

process and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more digital documents to determine the information.

19. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more weighting factors associated with the one or more data sources, the information, or a combination thereof,

wherein the verification, the update, or a combination thereof is further based, at least in part, on the one or more weighting factors.

20. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one entity is a point of interest, a contact, or a combination thereof, and wherein the information includes, at least in part, an address, an attribute, or a combination thereof.

21-48. -48. (canceled)