System and method for the collaborative collection, assignment, visualization, analysis, and modification of probable genealogical relationships based on geo-spatial and temporal proximity

摘要

System, methods, apparatus and media for the geo-spatial capture and transcription of family trees, vital records, census records, land transfer records, cemetery records, and organizational membership records; for assigning deterministic and probabilistic relationships between people in geographic proximity; and for visualizing known, probable, and potential relationships in a geo-spatial context over time. Also disclosed are systems, methods, apparatus and media for organizing and analyzing genealogical information for searching and visualizing individuals and entities and their relationships to each other within a geo-spatial and temporal context. Further disclosed are systems, methods, apparatus and media for identifying a social networking site based on geo-spatial and temporal context data relating to individuals and entities and their relationships to each other.

主权项

1. A method of identifying and associating individuals comprising:
providing a first set of records associated with one or more individuals at a defined geographic location and a defined period of time; providing a second set of records associated with individuals across multiple geographic locations and defined time periods; wherein the first or second set of records include identifications of locations of origin of an individual and wherein the identified set of individuals are in contemporaneous geospatial proximity, and further including identifying the preponderance of the location of origin of the identified set individuals, and using the preponderance of the location of origin to associate the location of origin relationships among the set of identified individuals who previously had no identified location of origin relationships in the first and second sets of records; selecting a desired demarcated area of the Earth; selecting a desired date range; searching, identifying, and returning a set of individuals corresponding to the selected demarcated area and the desired date range; andassociating relationships among the set of returned individuals who previously had no identified relationships in the first and second sets of records corresponding to the demarcated area and date range.