Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-18
2008-10-28
Chace, Christian P. (Department: 2165)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
active
07444351
ABSTRACT:
Name disambiguation by using private/global directories and communication contexts. Exemplary embodiments include a name disambiguation method, including identifying a plurality of names of persons in text received in the computer system, each of the plurality of names including a start and an end position, a family name and a given name, for each of the plurality of names of persons in the text, retrieving personal identification information from a global directory as a candidate for a name match, retrieving personal identification information from a private directory as a candidate for the name match, comparing the private directory personal identification information with the global directory personal identification information, eliminating the personal identification information from the private directory, retrieving frequencies of communications associated with the personal identification information from the private directory and displaying related information for each of the plurality of names of persons in the text.
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Alexanian Vazken
Cantor & Colburn LLP
Chace Christian P.
Hicks Michael J
International Business Machines - Corporation
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