Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Entity resolution techniques for matching entity records from different data sources
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Application No.: US16457666Application Date: 2019-06-28
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Publication No.: US11080272B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Yang Chen , Liang Zhang , Haifeng Zhao , Jiashuo Wang , Aparna Krishnan , Anand Kishore , Chencheng Wu , John P. Moore
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Hickman Becker Bingham Ledesma LLP
- Main IPC: G06F16/242
- IPC: G06F16/242 ; G06F16/25 ; G06F16/2457

Abstract:
Entity resolution techniques for matching entity records from different data sources are provided. In one technique, an entity record from a source database is identified along with multiple data items included therein. Each data item corresponds to an attribute of multiple source attributes. For one of the data items that corresponds to a first source attribute, multiple target attributes are identified. A first query is generated that includes the data items and associates the data item with each of the multiple target attributes. A second query that is different than the first query is also generated. Two searches are performed of a target database: one based on the first query and the other based on the second query. A scoring model generates multiple scores, one for each search result. It is determined whether the entity record matches an entity record in the target database based on the set of scores.
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