| US 7,599,921 B2 | ||
| System and method for improved name matching using regularized name forms | ||
| David Edward Biesenbach, Alexandria, Va. (US); Richard Theodore Gillam, Chantilly, Va. (US); Frankie Elizabeth Patman Maguire, Washington, D.C. (US); Leonard Arthur Shaefer, Jr., Leesburg, Va. (US); and Charles Kinston Williams, Fairfax, Va. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 02, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/681,333. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0215562 A1, Sep. 04, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—3 [704/7; 704/8] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
retrieving, by a processor, a candidate name from memory;
identifying, by the processor, a cultural classification that corresponds to the candidate name;
retrieving, by the processor, one or more culture-specific regularization rules from the memory corresponding to the cultural
classification;
applying, by the processor, one or more of the culture-specific regularization rules to the candidate name, resulting in a
regularized candidate name, wherein the applying further comprises:
determining that a first regularization rule included in the one or more culture-specific regularization rules applies to
the candidate name;
generating a first iteration regularized candidate name by applying the first regularized rule to the candidate name;
determining that a second regularization rule included in the one or more culture-specific regularization rules applies to
the candidate name; and
generating the regularized candidate name by applying the second regularized rule to the first iteration regularized candidate
name;
storing the regularized candidate name in the memory;
comparing, by the processor, the regularized candidate name with a regularized query name;
determining, by the processor, that the comparison meets a regularization matching threshold, which indicates a potential
match between the regularized candidate name and the regularized query name; and
in response to determining that comparison meets the regularization matching threshold, providing the candidate name to the
user.
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