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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Anna Khasin, Herndon, VA (US);
Frankie Elizabeth Patman Maguire, Washington, DC (US);
Leonard Arthur Shaefer, Jr., Leesburg, VA (US);
Stephen John Watjen, Ashburn, VA (US);
Charles Kinston Williams, Fairfax, VA (US);
Anna Khasin, Herndon, VA (US);
Frankie Elizabeth Patman Maguire, Washington, DC (US);
Leonard Arthur Shaefer, Jr., Leesburg, VA (US);
Stephen John Watjen, Ashburn, VA (US);
Charles Kinston Williams, Fairfax, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for performing a search request for a name among a database including a plurality of names. In one implementation, the method includes receiving the search request on the name, determining a geographic location associated with the name, assigning a cultural classification to the name based on the geographic location associated with the name, and completing the search request by searching for the name among the plurality of names within the database based on the cultural classification assigned to the name.