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System and method for disambiguating non-unique identifiers using information obtained from disparate communication channels

  • US 8,166,168 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2007
  • Issued: 04/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining, via a computing device, that a non-unique username contains insufficient information to identify a first real-world entity (RWE), the non-unique username being associated with an information object (IO);

    retrieving, via the computing device, data associated with the IO, the IO being associated with the first RWE, wherein retrieving data associated with the IO comprises;

    retrieving at least one of social data, spatial data, temporal data and logical data associated with the IO; and

    retrieving information identifying a second RWE associated with the IO;

    generating, via the computing device, a probability for each of a plurality of RWEs including the first RWE and second RWE based on the data associated with the IO and data associated with the RWEs; and

    selecting, via the computing device based on the generated probabilities, the first RWE as the RWE identified by the non-unique username, wherein said selection based upon a determination from the information that the non-unique username does not identify the second RWE.

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