Patent Document ID: 8731819
Application ID: 13375922

Base Claim:
1. A method of identifying and associating individuals comprising: providing a first set of records associated with one or more individuals at a defined geographic location and a defined period of time; providing a second set of records associated with one or more individuals across multiple geographic locations and defined time periods; a user selecting both a desired demarcated area of the Earth and a desired date range on a computing device; on the computing device, identifying a set of individuals corresponding to the selected demarcated area of the Earth and the desired date range, and associating relationships among the set of identified individuals who previously had no identified relationships in the first and second sets of records corresponding to the demarcated area of the Earth and the desired date range; and outputting to the user by displaying on a monitor of the computing device results of the associated relationships among the set of identified individuals to provide the user with results of known and probable relationships in the defined geographic location over the defined period of time.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising: providing a third set of records of probable genealogical relationships among two or more individuals across multiple geographic locations and time periods; providing a fourth set of historical records associated with one or more entities at a defined geographic location and a defined period of time; providing a fifth set of spatial, geographical, historical, and other records associated with one or more locations within a defined time period; providing an association of at least two of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth set of records into linked and related data elements comprising individuals, entities, geographical location, date range of association, and their relationships; the user selecting one or more desired individual attributes on the computing device; on a computing device, searching, identifying, and returning the linked and related data elements of individuals and entities corresponding to the selected individual attributes, demarcated area of the Earth and the desired date range; and displaying on the monitor of the computing device and outputting to the user results of one or more of a) the relationship between the returned, identified individuals and entities within a geo-spatial and temporal context, b) the related data elements of the returned, identified individuals and entities within a geo-spatial and temporal context and c) the resolution of the location information associated with the returned individuals and entities within a geo-spatial and temporal context, to allow the user visualize individuals and entities and their relationships to each other in the defined geographic location over the defined period of time.