Adaptive record linking in a distributed computing system

摘要

Techniques for information retrieval include the features of receiving a plurality of data records, updating a plurality of database records associated with the received plurality of data records stored in a database, receiving a query for a particular database record, and preparing for display, in response to the query, one or more of the database records based on at least one of the name of the business enterprise or the alias associated with the name of the business enterprise. Each data record includes data fields associated with a business enterprise. The data fields include a name of the business enterprise. Each database record includes attributes including the name of the business enterprise and an alias associated with the name of the business enterprise. The query includes at least one of the name of the business enterprise or the alias associated with the name of the business enterprise.

主权项

1. A method performed with a distributed computing system for retrieving information, the method comprising:
receiving, at a local computing system, a plurality of data records from one or more remote computing systems, each data record comprising one or more data fields associated with a business enterprise, the one or more data fields comprising a name of the business enterprise; updating a plurality of database records associated with the received plurality of data records stored in a database communicably coupled to the local computing system, each database record including attributes comprising the name of the business enterprise and an alias associated with the name of the business enterprise, where updating comprises:
searching the database for a database record of the plurality of database records that comprises an attribute that matches the name of the business enterprise or the alias associated with the name of the business enterprise; andbased on the match of the name of the business enterprise or the alias associated with the name of the business enterprise, creating a new database record that includes attributes that comprise the one of the matched name of the business enterprise or the alias associated with the name of the business enterprise, and the other of the name of the business enterprise or the alias associated with the name of the business enterprise; receiving, at the local computing system, a query from a first user for a particular database record of the plurality of database records, the query comprising at least one of the name of the business enterprise or the alias associated with the name of the business enterprise; determining, using a matching process, one or more of the plurality of database records based on at least one of the name of the business enterprise or the alias associated with the name of the business enterprise; displaying, the one or more of the plurality of database records; after displaying the one or more of the plurality of database records in response to the query, displaying, to a second user that is different than the first user, a statistical output of the matching process for a matching process review, the statistical output for the matching process review comprising a first number of records for which successful matches were found by the matching process, a second number of records for which no matches were found by the matching process, a third number of records for which possible matches were found by the matching process, and a user interface object for reviewing the possible matches and updating the matching process based on the possible matches; in response to a selection by the second user of the user interface object, displaying a possible match view for a data record to be reviewed, wherein the possible match view includes a plurality of attributes of the data record to be reviewed, a plurality of database records associated with the data record to be reviewed, and a matching score for each of the plurality of database records calculated based on the matching process, the matching score indicating an amount of similarity between the data record to be reviewed and the respective database record; and receiving a selection by the second user for each of the plurality of database records, wherein the selection indicates whether the respective database record is accepted or rejected for the matching process.