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Methods and systems for context-aware entity correspondence and merging

  • US 8,903,848 B1
  • Filed: 04/07/2011
  • Issued: 12/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-based method for correlating relevant information from multiple entities based on contextual correspondence, said method comprising:

  • receiving, at a computer, information relating to a plurality of the multiple entities, the information including data features and context features;

    correlating the data features utilizing one or more algorithms running on the computer;

    correlating the context features utilizing the one or more algorithms running on the computer;

    aggregating the plurality of the multiple entities based on a correspondence of the data features, a correspondence of the context features, and at least one context model for at least one of storage in a memory associated with the computer and output as data from the computer, wherein the at least one context model includes temporal information associated with the context features;

    receiving a first contextual event including temporal information at a first location associated with the first contextual event;

    receiving a second contextual event including temporal information at a second location associated with the second contextual event, wherein the first contextual event is different from the second contextual event and the first location is different from the second location;

    matching a plurality of entities based on the received contextual events;

    determining a correspondence value for the matched plurality of entities based on a comparison of at least one of the data features or context features in light of the temporal information of the first contextual event and the first location;

    dynamically updating the correspondence value for the matched plurality of entities based on a comparison of at least one of the data features or context features in light of the temporal information of the second contextual event and the second location; and

    outputting the matched plurality of entities that exceed a predetermined correspondence value.

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