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Method and system for identifying entities

US8782042B1 · kind B1 · utility

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30References

36Claims

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Assignee

FIRSTRAIN, INC. · US

Inventors

David Cooke · Los Altos, US
Martin Betz · San Francisco, US
Ashutosh Joshi · Fremont, US
Binay Mohanty · New Delhi, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2011
Grant date	Jul 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 14, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F40/30
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a program that identifies an entity having an entity attribute. The program receives, from each method of several methods, a set of candidate identity attributes that are each for identifying a particular entity having the entity attribute specified in the document. Each method of the several methods generates the corresponding set of candidate identity attributes based on the entity attribute specified in a document. The program calculates a score for each candidate identity attribute in the sets of candidate identity attributes. The program identifies, based on the sets of scores, an identity attribute from the sets of candidate identity attributes that identifies the entity having the entity attribute specified in the document.

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