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Patent No.:

US 8909581 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2011
Applicants:

Anand Ravindra Oka, Waterloo, CA;

Christopher Harris Snow, Waterloo, CA;

Sean Bartholomew Simmons, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Anand Ravindra Oka, Waterloo, CA;

Christopher Harris Snow, Waterloo, CA;

Sean Bartholomew Simmons, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06K 9/6296 (2013.01); G06Q 10/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for matching one or more first entities with one or more of second entities. Factor graph representations of the first entities and a plurality of second entities are stored. The factor graph representation of the plurality of second entities includes an identity variable referencing each of the individual second entities. When a request is received from a requesting one of the first set of entities for a match from the second set of entities, the first factor graph and the second factor graph are merged, and the merged graph is solved for a probability mass function for the identity variable to yield a probability vector to be used to identify those ones of the plurality of second entities having the highest probabilities as matches to be returned in response to the request.


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Oka, Anand. (2014). Factor-graph based matching systems and methods (U.S. Patent No. 8909581). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8909581

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