METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOLVING DISPARATE VALUES FOR DATA ELEMENTS WITHIN A PLURALITY OF RELATED RECORDS
First Claim
1. A computing device comprising processing circuitry configured to:
- receive a first record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the first record has a first value;
receive a second record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the second record has a second value;
receive a third record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the third record has a third value; and
determine a resultant value for the first element, wherein the resultant value for the first element is determined based on a frequency of occurrence of a value for the first element among the first value, second value, and third value, wherein the highest frequency occurrence of a value is determined to be the resultant value for the first element.
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Abstract
A method, computing device and computer program product are provided to obtain information from a plurality of dissimilar records by estimating the most accurate value for each field of the plurality of records. A computing device may include processing circuitry configured to: receive a first record including two or more elements, where a first element of the first record has a first value; receive a second record comprising two or more elements, where a first element of the second record has a second value; receive a third record having two or more elements, where a first element of the third record has a third value; and determine a resultant value for the first element, where the resultant value for the first element is determined based on a frequency of occurrence of a value for the first element among the first value, the second value, and the third value.
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20 Claims
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1. A computing device comprising processing circuitry configured to:
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receive a first record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the first record has a first value; receive a second record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the second record has a second value; receive a third record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the third record has a third value; and determine a resultant value for the first element, wherein the resultant value for the first element is determined based on a frequency of occurrence of a value for the first element among the first value, second value, and third value, wherein the highest frequency occurrence of a value is determined to be the resultant value for the first element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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receiving a first record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the first record has a first value; receiving a second record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the second record has a second value; receiving a third record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the third record has a third value; and determining a resultant value for the first element, wherein the resultant value for the first element is determined based on a frequency of occurrence of a value for the first element from among the first value, second value, and third value of the first element, wherein the highest frequency occurrence of a value is determined to be the resultant value for the first element. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code portions stored therein, the program code portions configured, upon execution, to:
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receive a first record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the first record has a first value; receive a second record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the second record has a second value; receive a third record comprising two or more elements, wherein a first element of the third record has a third value; and determine a resultant value for the first element, wherein the resultant value for the first element is determined based on a frequency of occurrence of a value for the first element from among the first value, the second value, and the third value of the first element, wherein the highest frequency occurrence of a value is determined to be the resultant value for the first element.
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