Systems and methods for standardization and de-duplication of addresses using taxonomy

Abstract

Systems and associated methods for address standardization and applications related thereto are described. Embodiments exploit a common context in a taxonomy and a given address to detect and correct deviations in the address. Embodiments establish a possible path from a root of the taxonomy to a leaf in the taxonomy that can possibly generate a given address. Given a new address, embodiments use complete addresses, and/or segments or elements thereof, to compute the representations of the elements and find a closest matching leaf in the taxonomy. Embodiments then traverse the path to a root node to detect the agreement and disagreement between the path and the address entry. Taxonomical structured is thus used to detect, segregate and standardize the expected fields.