Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080215562 | System and Method for Improved Name Matching Using Regularized Name Forms - A system and method for improved name matching using regularized name forms is presented. A regularization rule engine uses culture-specific regularization rules to iteratively convert candidate names and query names to a canonical form, which are regularized candidate names and regularized query names, respectively. The regularization rules are context-sensitive or context-free rules that pertain to a name's originating culture. Subsequently, a name search engine compares the regularized query name with the regularized candidate names and identifies the regularized candidate names that meet a particular regularization matching threshold. In turn, name search engine selects the candidate names that correspond to the identified regularized candidate names and provides the selected candidate names to a user. | 09-04-2008 |
20090089283 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING A CULTURAL CLASSIFICATION TO A NAME USING COUNTRY-OF-ASSOCIATION INFORMATION - A method and system for performing a search request for a name among a database including a plurality of names. In one implementation, the method includes receiving the search request on the name, determining a geographic location associated with the name, assigning a cultural classification to the name based on the geographic location associated with the name, and completing the search request by searching for the name among the plurality of names within the database based on the cultural classification assigned to the name. | 04-02-2009 |
20090089284 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN TYPES OF NAMES STORED IN A DATA COLLECTION - A method and system for differentiating types of data stored in a data collection. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a search request on a first type of data stored in the data collection; automatically differentiating data of the first type stored in the data collection from data of other types stored in the data collection; and completing the search request using data determined to be of the first type. Automatically differentiating data of the first type includes determining a type of each data entry in the data collection based only on tokens associated with the data entry. | 04-02-2009 |
20100057713 | ENTITY-DRIVEN LOGIC FOR IMPROVED NAME-SEARCHING IN MIXED-ENTITY LISTS - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for name searching in mixed-entity lists is provided which comprises dividing a mixed list of entities into a plurality of entity-specific lists. A name to be searched is then categorized into a category and a specialized search logic is applied to the name to be searched. The specialized search logic is selected to be adapted to the category and uses a one of the entity-specific lists that corresponds to the category of the name to be searched. A shared search logic may also be employed, which is used for all names to be searched. | 03-04-2010 |
20100161663 | Searching For A Business Name In A Database - A method includes receiving a search query that includes the input search string. The input search string includes a plurality of terms. The method includes performing a first comparison task to compare each of the plurality of terms to a list of category terms. The method also includes identifying a matched term as a category term when there is a match with respect to the first comparison task. The method includes identifying each of the plurality of terms that have not been identified as a category term to produce a set of naming terms. The method also includes filtering a database having a plurality of database entries based on each of the identified category terms to identify a reduced set of database entries. The method includes comparing at least one of the naming terms to the reduced set of database entries to identify at least one matching name. | 06-24-2010 |