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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Andrzej Laskawiec, Cracow, PL;
Monika Piatek, Cracow, PL;
Lukasz Stanislaw Studzienny, Cracow, PL;
Marcin Filip, Cracow, PL;
Marcin Luczynski, Cracow, PL;
Michal Bodziony, Tęgoborze, PL;
Tomasz Zatorski, Cracow, PL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for unambiguously identifying entities in a database system may be provided. The method comprises storing data items as records with different attributes in a table of a database, storing naming rules for selected combinations of the attributes of the data items, and prioritizing the naming rules. The method also comprises determining a hash value for each of the selected combinations of the attributes of the data items, and identifying duplicate data items using the determined hash values and the prioritized naming rules.