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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Brand Lee Hunt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Mark Maurice Mezofenyi, Toronto, CA;
Brand Lee Hunt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Mark Maurice Mezofenyi, Toronto, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of tracking entities for identity resolution in database systems comprises assigning each account of a plurality of accounts a unique entity belonging only to the account and in which the account is contained; keeping track of the age of each account of the plurality of accounts; and assigning an identifier to any entity as the identifier of the unique entity of the oldest account contained in the entity. This simple method of assigning identifiers to accounts and entities solves a number of identity resolution problems known in the art including: lost entity identifier problem, lost entity version problem, entity switched warm bodies/accounts problem, and account drift problem.