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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2010
Charles T. Parker, East Lansing, MI (US);
Catherine M. Lyons, Edinburgh, GB;
Gerald P. Roston, Saline, MI (US);
George M. Garrity, Okemos, MI (US);
Charles T. Parker, East Lansing, MI (US);
Catherine M. Lyons, Edinburgh, GB;
Gerald P. Roston, Saline, MI (US);
George M. Garrity, Okemos, MI (US);
NAMESFORLIFE, LLC, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically identifying name-like-strings in digital resources, matching these name-like-string against a set of names held in an expertly curated database, and for those name-like-strings found in said database, enhancing the content by associating additional matter with the name, wherein said matter includes information about the names that is held within said database and pointers to other digital resources which include the same name and it synonyms.