Patent ID: 9275412
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for positively identifying an individual comprising: providing on a computer a name of an individual to be uniquely identified within a population to the exclusion of all others within said population; providing on said computer two or more databases containing unique sources of data pertaining to said population; said computer comparing the name of said individual to be uniquely identified to data from said two or more databases to provide a collection of preliminary suspects from said two or more databases that may match the name of said individual, said data from said two or more databases having been normalized into a standardized and common format; said computer searching an additional different database to obtain additional data relating to said individual and comparing said additional data to data within the collection of preliminary suspects to identify at least one potential match from the collection of preliminary suspects; said computer reconciling the at least one potential match with data from the two or more databases and locating at least a portion of a unique identifier that may be associated with said individual; comparing on said computer the at least portion of the unique identifier from the two or more databases with other data records from the additional different database to extract and obtain a complete unique identifier that may be associated with the individual that is to be uniquely identified; and said computer reconciling the complete unique identifier by performing a three-part matching test that all must be satisfied for the complete unique identifier to be a positive match that uniquely identifies said individual to the exclusion of all others within said population, the three-part matching test comprising a “direct person” match, an “ABC pattern” match and a “no other person” match.