INTER-ENTITY CONNECTION MAPS

摘要

The technology disclosed relates to identifying connection maps between entities (persons and organizations) and generating so-called connection stories between them based on the connection maps. The connection stories are graphic and visual representations of the connection paths that present to entities topological and chronological aspects of their relationships with other entities.

主权项

1. A method of determining relationship strength between entities, the method including:
collecting entity-related data for a multiplicity of attributes across a plurality of electronic sources; representing source, target, and intermediate entities as nodes; constructing a map of connection paths from a source node to a target node through a plurality of intermediate nodes, thereby forming connected node pairs; determining a connection story between the connected node pairs based on at least one intermediate entity represented as an intermediate node on one of the connection paths from the source node to the target node; and generating for display a visual representation of the intermediate node.