Conflating entities using a persistent entity index

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for conflating entities using a persistent entity index. Information (including attributes) pertaining to a plurality of entities is received. The received information is either matched with one or more existing entities in the persistent entity index or, if no match is found, selected for addition to the persistent entity index. The persistent entity index includes entity-attribute pairs associated therewith. Attributes associated with matching entities for which information is received are aggregated and/or reconciled with the entity-attribute pairs associated with existing entities included in the persistent entity index. The persistent entity index may be incrementally updated at predetermined time intervals to insure the accuracy and freshness of the information associated therewith.

主权项

1. One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for entity conflation using a persistent entity index, the method comprising:
receiving information about an entity, the information including at least one attribute associated with the entity, the at least one attribute describing a characteristic of the entity; matching the entity with one or more existing entities in the persistent entity index, wherein the persistent entity index includes entity-attribute pairs associated therewith and the entity-attribute pairs include all received attributes that describe one or more characteristics of an associated entity; determining whether the at least one attribute describing the one or more characteristics of the entity is present within the persistent entity index; aggregating the at least one attribute associated with the entity with the entity-attribute pairs within the persistent entity index; and incrementally updating the persistent entity index to include updated entity-attribute pairs including any subsequently received attributes describing one or more characteristics of the entity at a predetermined time interval.