SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE-SCALE LINK ANALYSIS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- accepting a plurality of relationship indications based on interaction among entities, each relationship indication specifying that a respective pair of the entities are related;
using a link processor, identifying for each entity among a group of the entities, based on the relationship indications, one or more linked entities that are related to the entity, and constructing for each entity in the group, a single-entity record that indicates all the linked entities that have been identified as being related to the respective entity;
storing in a memory multiple single-entity records, each single-entity record corresponding respectively to only one of the entities in the group; and
identifying one or more of the entities as targets-of-interest.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for accepting relationship indications based on interaction among entities, where each relationship indication specifies that a respective pair of the entities may be related. A single entity record may be constructed that indicates all the linked entities that have been identified as being related to the entity. The entities may include an individual, a set of individuals, a communication terminal, a plurality of communication terminals, an organization, an e-mail address, a Web-site, a bank account and a home address. An analytics operation may performed, such as identifying a shortest sequence of interrelated entities that relate a first entity with a second entity, and acting upon the identified sequence.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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accepting a plurality of relationship indications based on interaction among entities, each relationship indication specifying that a respective pair of the entities are related; using a link processor, identifying for each entity among a group of the entities, based on the relationship indications, one or more linked entities that are related to the entity, and constructing for each entity in the group, a single-entity record that indicates all the linked entities that have been identified as being related to the respective entity; storing in a memory multiple single-entity records, each single-entity record corresponding respectively to only one of the entities in the group; and identifying one or more of the entities as targets-of-interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Apparatus, comprising:
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a memory; and a link processor, which is configured to accept a plurality of relationship indications based on interaction among entities, each relationship indication specifying that a respective pair of the entities are related, to identify for each entity among a group of the entities, based on the relationship indications, one or more linked entities that are related to the entity, to construct for each entity in the group a single-entity record that indicates all the linked entities that have been identified as being related to the respective entity, to store in the memory multiple single-entity records, each single-entity record corresponding respectively to only one of the entities in the group, and to identify one or more of the entities as targets-of-interest. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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