Entity fingerprints
US11386096B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and techniques for exploring relationships among entities are disclosed. The systems and techniques provide an entity-based information analysis and content aggregation platform that uses heterogeneous data sources to construct and maintain an ecosystem around tangible and logical entities. Entities are represented as vertices in a directed graph, and edges are generated using entity co-occurrences in unstructured documents and supervised information from structured data sources. Significance scores for the edges are computed using a method that combines supervised, unsupervised and temporal factors into a single score. Important entity attributes from the structured content and the entity neighborhood in the graph are automatically summarized as the entity fingerprint. Entities may be compared to one another based on similarity of their entity fingerprints. An interactive user interface is also disclosed that provides exploratory access to the graph and supports decision support processes.
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