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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
David Edward Biesenbach, Alexandria, VA (US);
Richard Theodore Gillam, Chantilly, VA (US);
Frankie Elizabeth Patman Maguire, Washington, DC (US);
Leonard Arthur Shaefer, Jr., Leesburg, VA (US);
Charles Kinston Williams, Fairfax, VA (US);
David Edward Biesenbach, Alexandria, VA (US);
Richard Theodore Gillam, Chantilly, VA (US);
Frankie Elizabeth Patman Maguire, Washington, DC (US);
Leonard Arthur Shaefer, Jr., Leesburg, VA (US);
Charles Kinston Williams, Fairfax, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for improved name matching using regularized name forms is presented. A regularization rule engine uses culture-specific regularization rules to iteratively convert candidate names and query names to a canonical form, which are regularized candidate names and regularized query names, respectively. The regularization rules are context-sensitive or context-free rules that pertain to a name's originating culture. Subsequently, a name search engine compares the regularized query name with the regularized candidate names and identifies the regularized candidate names that meet a particular regularization matching threshold. In turn, name search engine selects the candidate names that correspond to the identified regularized candidate names and provides the selected candidate names to a user.