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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Sachindra Joshi, New Delhi, IN;
Tanveer Faruquie, New Delhi, IN;
Hima Prasad Karanam, New Delhi, IN;
Marvin Mendelssohn, Melrose, MA (US);
Mukesh Kumar Mohania, Rajpur Chungi, IN;
Angel Marie Smith, Pepperell, MA (US);
L Venkata Subramaniam, Gurgaon, IN;
Girish Venkatachaliah, San Jose, CA (US);
Sachindra Joshi, New Delhi, IN;
Tanveer Faruquie, New Delhi, IN;
Hima Prasad Karanam, New Delhi, IN;
Marvin Mendelssohn, Melrose, MA (US);
Mukesh Kumar Mohania, Rajpur Chungi, IN;
Angel Marie Smith, Pepperell, MA (US);
L Venkata Subramaniam, Gurgaon, IN;
Girish Venkatachaliah, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A clustering-based approach to data standardization is provided. Certain embodiments take as input a plurality of addresses, identify one or more features of the addresses, cluster the addresses based on the one or more features, utilize the cluster(s) to provide a data-based context useful in identifying one or more synonyms for elements contained in the address(es), and standardize the address(es) to an acceptable format, with one or more synonyms and/or other elements being added to or taken away from the input address(es) as part of the standardization process.