Systems and methods for address intelligence

• US 8,782,025 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2010
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IQVIA, Inc. (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: IMS Software Services Ltd. (IQVIA Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Swenson, Karen
• Primary Examiner(s): LEWIS, CHERYL RENEA
• Application Number:
  US12/721,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20100235315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,588 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705, 707/692, 707/748, 707/803
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Systems and methods for determining the present status of at least one occupancy of one or more individuals based on one or more occupancy data sources are described. The techniques include obtaining the at least one occupancy of said one or more individuals from said one or more sources; computing a score of said at least one occupancy by a computer processor based on the currency and the relative trustworthiness of said one or more sources; and determining said present status of said at least one occupancy based on said computed score. The techniques can also include presenting the at least one occupancy in a user readable format.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a plurality of occupancy location identifiers for an individual from one or more sources;

obtaining an age of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers;

assigning, by one or more computer processors, a weight point to each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers based on the obtained age of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers and a relative trustworthiness of the source from which each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers was obtained;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, a confidence score for each of the occupancy location identifiers based on the assigned weight point of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers; and

determining a present status of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers based on the determined confidence score.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the plurality of occupancy location identifiers comprises obtaining at least one of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers from one or more external sources.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the present status of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers comprises computing an indicator for each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the present status of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers comprises computing a rank for each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a quality check to refine the determined confidence score occupancy for each of the occupancy location identifiers.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the quality check includes manual validation of at least one of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the quality check includes resolving a conflict of occupancy data of the individual existent in said one or more sources.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the confidence score is an overall score and determining the score comprises combining an internal score and an external score of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers, the internal score being associated with one or more of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers obtained from one or more internal sources and the external score being associated with one or more of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers obtained from one or more external sources.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein determining said present status of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers comprises computing an overall indicator for each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers, the overall indicator reflecting said present status of the corresponding occupancy location identifier.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising performing a quality check on the computed overall indicators, the quality check including evaluating each of the overall indicators based on update history of the corresponding occupancy location identifier.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising performing a quality check on the computed overall indicators, the quality check including evaluating the validity of a previous determination of each of the overall indicators of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the plurality of occupancy location identifiers in a user readable format.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein presenting the plurality of occupancy location identifiers includes presenting the determined present status determined for each of the occupancy location identifiers.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein presenting the plurality of occupancy location identifiers includes presenting the plurality of occupancy location identifiers based on said determined present status of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

obtaining a plurality of occupancy location identifiers for an individual from one or more sources;

obtaining an age of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers;

assigning, by one or more computer processors, a weight point to each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers based on the obtained age of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers and a relative trustworthiness of the source from which each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers was obtained;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, a confidence score for each of the occupancy location identifiers based on the assigned weight point of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers; and

determining a present status of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers based on the determined confidence score.

16. A system comprising:

one or more processors,

a memory operably coupled with the one or more processors storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method comprising;

obtaining a plurality of occupancy location identifiers for an individual from one or more sources;

obtaining an age of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers;

assigning, by one or more computer processors, a weight point to each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers based on the obtained age of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers and a relative trustworthiness of the source from which each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers was obtained;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, a confidence score for each of the occupancy location identifiers based on the assigned weight point of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers; and

determining a present status of each of the plurality of occupancy location identifiers based on the determined confidence score.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a display device operably coupled with said one or more processors for presenting the plurality of occupancy location identifiers in a user readable format.