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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Calum G. Murray, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Langston, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John J. Tumminaro, Palo Alto, CA (US);
INTUIT, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
During an analysis technique, information associated with two entities may be compared to determine a similarity metric. For example, a string distance between the information may be computed. Then, an association metric between financial-transaction histories for the two entities may be calculated. This calculation may involve comparing the nodes and branches in a commerce graph that represents financial interrelationships among a set of entities, including inputs received by the set of entities, outputs provided by the set of entities, and financial transactions among the set of entities. Next, a determination of whether the entities are likely to be a same entity may be based on the similarity metric and/or the association metric. If the entities are likely to be the same entity, the entities may be combined in a data structure. Alternatively, if the entities are not likely to be the same, they may remain separate.