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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
David E. Biesenbach, Alexandria, VA (US);
Steven J. Liddle, Vienna, VA (US);
Stephen J. Watjen, Ashburn, VA (US);
Charles K. Williams, Oak Hill, VA (US);
David E. Biesenbach, Alexandria, VA (US);
Steven J. Liddle, Vienna, VA (US);
Stephen J. Watjen, Ashburn, VA (US);
Charles K. Williams, Oak Hill, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for matching names. For a first bitmap distribution, it is determined whether a first bitmap signature of a query name and a second bitmap signature of a target name have a number of character n-grams overlapping that meet or exceed a threshold to generate a first preliminary value. For a second bitmap distribution that is different from the first bitmap distribution, it is determined whether a third bitmap signature of the query name and a fourth bitmap signature of the target name have a number of character n-grams overlapping that meet or exceed a threshold to generate a second preliminary value. The first preliminary value and the second preliminary value are combined, and, if the combination results in a value of true, it is determined that the query name and the target name are to be further processed.