Patent ID: 8392431

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising: identifying an identifier of an entity from a profile of the entity stored by a first source in communication with a third party entity; searching, by the third party entity, at least one second source that publishes information, where the at least one second source is searched for the identifier of the entity to determine which of the at least one second source publishes information associated with the entity, wherein the third party entity and the at least one second source are in communication via a network, and the at least one second source publishes information by making the information available to the third party entity over the network, and further wherein the third party entity searches the at least one second source by submitting a query over the network for the identifier of the entity; for each of the at least one second source determined to publish the information associated with the entity: identifying via the network the information associated with the entity from the second source publishing the information associated with the entity; scoring the information utilizing at least one predefined algorithm to generate at least one score, each score generated for a different one of the at least one predefined algorithm; weighting each of the at least one score based on a weight assigned to one of the at least one predefined algorithms utilized to generate the at least one score, for generating at least one weighted score; calculating a value indicative of a level of importance of the entity, utilizing the at least one score; and calculating another value indicative of a level of certainty for the value indicative of the level of importance; wherein the at least one second source publishing information is searched for the identifier by querying the at least one second source publishing information for the identifier, such that the at least one second source publishing information associated with the entity is determined from a result of the query; wherein a search engine separate from the at least one second source is utilized to perform the search for searching all of the at least one second sources publishing information via a single search.