Patent ID: 8965848
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of entity resolution based on relationships to common entities, the method comprising: determining a likeness score between a first entity and a second entity in an entity resolution system, each entity comprising one or more identity records representing a corresponding physical entity assumed to exist by the entity resolution system, each identity record comprising a data record containing one or more attributes characterizing the corresponding physical entity; determining that the likeness score does not satisfy a defined threshold for resolving the first entity and the second entity into a single entity; identifying a set of one or more entities related to the first entity and a set of one or more entities related to the second entity, wherein the identified sets include: (i) a set of one-degree discovered relationships of the first and second entities and (ii) a set of disclosed relationships of the first and second entities; wherein at least one discovered relationship that is formed solely from attributes for which a match already exists between the first entity and the second entity is removed from the identified sets; removing, from the set of one or more entities, at least one relationship to an overly related entity; removing, from the set of one or more entities, at least one relationship not satisfying a minimum relationship strength; adjusting the likeness score based on an intersect of the two sets and by operation of one or more computer processors, wherein the intersect includes at least a third entity and excludes at least one relationship in the identified sets, that is not common to the first and second entities; and upon determining that the adjusted likeness score satisfies the defined threshold, determining that the first entity and the second entity represent the same physical entity within the entity resolution system.