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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2007
James B. Cushman, Ii, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Scott Ellard, Marietta, GA (US);
James B. Cushman, II, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Scott Ellard, Marietta, GA (US);
Initiate Systems, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for indexing, associating or compositing data records and hierarchies from various information sources are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention may provide the ability to link data records and thus to link data records to known hierarchies of data records. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention may provide the capability to associate data records in varying information sources and to thereby associate incoming data record with existing data records or existing data hierarchies such that an incoming data record may not only be associated with an existing data record comprising information about the same entity but may additionally be associated with other members of the data hierarchy in the same manner as the existing data record. In addition to associating an incoming data record with an existing data record and incorporating the incoming data record into an existing data hierarchy, embodiments of the present invention may provide the capability of reconciling an incoming data hierarchy to which an incoming data record belongs with an existing data hierarchy belongs such that the two data hierarchies may be composited.