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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2003
Anthony J. Scriffignano, Bethlehem, PA (US);
David Allaway, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Eric Gustafson, Palm Beach, FL (US);
Amy Hayenhjelm, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Edward Ohlson, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Courtney Shipman, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Larry Skahill, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Sudip Chakraborty, New Providence, NJ (US);
Ajay Pillai, New Providence, NJ (US);
Anthony J. Scriffignano, Bethlehem, PA (US);
David Allaway, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Eric Gustafson, Palm Beach, FL (US);
Amy Hayenhjelm, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Edward Ohlson, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Courtney Shipman, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Larry Skahill, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Sudip Chakraborty, New Providence, NJ (US);
Ajay Pillai, New Providence, NJ (US);
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., Short Hills, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for finding a business entity in a database that matches input data. A web services interface accepts a match request and provides a best match. A pre-processing layer cleans, parses, and standardizes input data into terms. An application layer includes a match engine for processing the match request using the terms. The match engine evaluates and scores match candidates from the database to provide the best match and, optionally, an ordered list of match candidates.