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Indexing, relating and managing information about entities

  • US 8,713,434 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2007
  • Issued: 04/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for associating data records, comprising:

  • receiving a data record;

    identifying an entity type associated with the data record;

    identifying a set of candidate data records associated with the entity type, where each of the set of candidate data records is based on a comparison between a set of existing data records and the received data record;

    scoring each of the set of candidate data records, wherein a score generated for each of the candidate data records corresponds to a likelihood that the received data record and the candidate data record comprise information on an entity of the entity type;

    associating the received data record and a first candidate record of the set of candidate data records with a first entity of the entity type if the score associated with the first candidate record is greater than a first threshold; and

    establishing a relationship between the first entity and a second different entity, wherein the first entity is associated with a first set of data records including information pertaining to that first entity and the second entity is associated with a second different set of data records including information pertaining to that second entity, and wherein the relationship provides a link to enable retrieval of the second entity based on the first entity.

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