Yahoo! Inc.

George Grinstead

Marc Eliot Davis

Ronald Martinez

Christopher William Higgins

Joseph James O'Sullivan

Marco Boerries

Robert Carter Trout

Lee J Parry

The disclosure describes systems and methods for synchronizing data on a network based on temporal, spatial, social and logical data available to the network. The method includes receiving a first information object (IO) containing attributes for a first real-world entity (RWE), the first IO associated with a second RWE; identifying one or more second IOs, each second IO containing one or more attributes for the first RWE and each second IO independently associated with a third RWE; generating a different probability for each IO based on a comparison of contents of the first and second IOs and their associated RWEs; and replacing one or more of the attributes in at least one IO with at least one attribute from a different IO based on the probabilities for each IO.

System and method for synchronizing data on a network

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Stockholm, Sweden

George Grinstead