Patent ID: 9626424
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a computing device, a name in a sequence of text that identifies two or more candidate persons; creating a first reference chain for a first candidate person of the two or more candidate persons; creating a second reference chain for a second candidate person of the two or more candidate persons; determining that the first reference chain and the second reference chain both comprise the name as conflicted entities; determining first co-occurrence information based on one or more unconflicted entities, from the first reference chain, occurring in the sequence of text; determining second co-occurrence information based on one or more unconflicted entities, from the second reference chain, occurring in the sequence of text; determining, based on a comparison of the first co-occurrence information and the second co-occurrence information, a highest-ranked reference chain from the first reference chain and the second reference chain; and determining, based on the highest-ranked reference chain, a person of the two or more candidate persons as being identified by the name.