Patent ID: 8719304

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; a memory, said memory storing instructions executable by said processor; data structures contained within said memory, wherein said data structures, when accessed by said processor are configured to display a visual representation of individuals and relationships between individuals; wherein said data structures further include: a plurality of data objects that are graphically illustrated as a plurality of distinct nodes, said plurality of data objects graphically illustrated as said plurality of distinct nodes being representative of a plurality of individuals, said plurality of data objects graphically illustrated as said plurality of distinct nodes including a first data object representative of and including data associated with a first individual and a second data object representative of and including data associated with a second individual, said first data object graphically illustrated as a first node representative of the first individual, said second data object graphically illustrated as a second node representative of the second individual; and a first variable number of independent data objects including data object properties, graphically illustrated as a first variable number of strands connecting said first node and said second node; wherein each independent data object graphically illustrated as a strand of said first variable number of strands being representative of and including data associated with a type of unique relationship between the first individual and the second individual; and wherein each strand of said first variable number of strands is configured to connect to said plurality of distinct nodes and connects no more than two nodes, and further comprises: exactly two end points; an elemental connection that is not further divisible, is independent of all other strands, and does not connect to another strand; wherein said data object properties of said first variable number of independent data objects include a certainty score between nodes, wherein the certainty score indicates a confidence level that said type of unique relationship between the first individual and the second individual represented by said first variable number of strands is accurate.