Link analysis mapping program risk management

• US 8,086,617 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Goldman Sachs & Company (Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Childers, J. Gilmore, Lawrence, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Lie, Angela
• Application Number:
  US12/785,387
• Publication Number:
  US 20100235397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 707/736, 707/737, 707/751, 707/752, 707/755, 707/756, 707/758
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method and system for managing risk by indicating links between one or more persons or entities which can include a process that gathers information about individuals and organizations into a computerized system where it can be analyzed to associate one or more individuals or organizations with links to other individuals or organizations. A user can designate a person or entity and the system will provide an indication of linkages associated with the designated person. Some embodiments can include a user specifying a particular type of link or limit links to a specified degree of separation between the designated person and any other person or entity.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method comprising:

receiving a relationship linkage analysis request from a user identifying a person, and requesting relationship links associated with the identified person with a specified number of degrees of separation and with a specified date range;

retrieving information descriptive of relationship links associating two or more persons, wherein the relationship links indicate an association type between the two or more persons;

processing via a processor the retrieved information to determine qualifying relationship links for inclusion in relationship linkage analysis based on an association type;

performing via the processor the relationship linkage analysis associating the identified person with one or more other persons with the specified number of degrees of separation and with the specified date range based on the processed qualifying relationship links;

generating via the processor a relationship linkage analysis report based on the relationship linkage analysis; and

sending the relationship linkage analysis report to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationship linkage analysis request further comprises a specified association type and the relationship linkage analysis associates the identified person with one or more other persons also having the specified association type.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a person is an individual, a group, an organization, a corporation or an entity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationship linkage analysis report comprises a relationship map that graphically displays relationship links between the identified person and the associated one or more other persons.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising generating descriptions for the relationship links.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising displaying the generated description of a relationship link selected by the user in a pop up text box.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory;

a processor disposed in communication with said memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor issues instructions to;

receive a relationship linkage analysis request from a user identifying a person, and requesting relationship links associated with the identified person with a specified number of degrees of separation and with a specified date range;

retrieve information descriptive of relationship links associating two or more persons, wherein the relationship links indicate an association type between the two or more persons;

process via a processor the retrieved information to determine qualifying relationship links for inclusion in relationship linkage analysis based on an association type;

perform via the processor the relationship linkage analysis associating the identified person with one or more other persons with the specified number of degrees of separation and with the specified date range based on the processed qualifying relationship links;

generate via the processor a relationship linkage analysis report based on the relationship linkage analysis; and

send the relationship linkage analysis report to the user.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the relationship linkage analysis request further comprises a specified association type and the relationship linkage analysis associates the identified person with one or more other persons also having the specified association type.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein a person is an individual, a group, an organization, a corporation or an entity.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the relationship linkage analysis report comprises a relationship map that graphically displays relationship links between the identified person and the associated one or more other persons.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising instructions to generate descriptions for the relationship links.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising instructions to display the generated description of a relationship link selected by the user in a pop up text box.

13. A processor-readable physical medium storing processor-issuable and -generated instructions to:

receive a relationship linkage analysis request from a user identifying a person, and requesting relationship links associated with the identified person with a specified number of degrees of separation and with a specified date range;

retrieve information descriptive of relationship links associating two or more persons, wherein the relationship links indicate an association type between the two or more persons;

process via a processor the retrieved information to determine qualifying relationship links for inclusion in relationship linkage analysis based on an association type;

perform via the processor the relationship linkage analysis associating the identified person with one or more other persons with the specified number of degrees of separation and with the specified date range based on the processed qualifying relationship links;

generate via the processor a relationship linkage analysis report based on the relationship linkage analysis; and

send the relationship linkage analysis report to the user.

14. The medium of claim 13, wherein the relationship linkage analysis request further comprises a specified association type and the relationship linkage analysis associates the identified person with one or more other persons also having the specified association type.

15. The medium of claim 13, wherein a person is an individual, a group, an organization, a corporation or an entity.

16. The medium of claim 13, wherein the relationship linkage analysis report comprises a relationship map that graphically displays relationship links between the identified person and the associated one or more other persons.

17. The medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions to generate descriptions for the relationship links.

18. The medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions to display the generated description of a relationship link selected by the user in a pop up text box.