Method and apparatus for identifying similar data elements using string matching
US12411856B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/58
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for identifying similar record elements to a query, the method including receiving a query, determining an index for the query, generating candidate records from a reference list to match the query based on the index and applying any one or any combination of a q-gram filter, a length filter, and a shared character count (SCC) filter, determining similarity scores of each of the candidate records identifying records from among the candidate records having a similarity score greater than or equal to a threshold, selecting data records similar to the query based on sorting the selected records according to respective similarity scores, and outputting one or more of the selected data records.
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