Computer-based method and system for linking records in data files
US6658412B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99936
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to computer-based technology for linking or matching records in data files, based on at least one identifier in common, with a threshold probability that records are linked, the method uses a Bayesian probabilistic approach to determine the likelihood that the identified records are linked.
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