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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Applicant:
Barry M. Caceres, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventor:
Barry M. Caceres, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided of grouping similar values of an attribute type and determining the best value of an attribute type for an entity in an entity resolution system. By applying attribute grouping rules to organize similar values into groups, an accurate number of 'distinct' values for an entity is ascertained by counting the number of resulting groups. A preferred group is selected from the resulting groups and a 'best value' is selected from the preferred group by applying best value rules.