RESOURCE RECONCILIATION BASED ON EXTERNAL FACTORS

摘要

A method that includes a first record that relates to a first subject entity is received and a second record that relates to a second subject entity is received, where it is unknown whether the first subject entity is the same as the second subject entity. A comparison of a first external/non-key attribute value for the first subject entity to a second external/non-key attribute value for the second subject entity is performed. A probability value is calculated, at least in part, on a first external/non-key attribute value for the first subject entity to a second external/non-key attribute value for the second subject entity.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a first record that relates to a first subject entity; receiving a second record that relates to a second subject entity where it is unknown whether the first subject entity is the same as the second subject entity; comparing a first external/non-key attribute value for the first subject entity to a second external/non-key attribute value for the second subject entity; and determining a probability value corresponding to the probability that the first subject entity and the second subject entity are the same based, at least in part, upon the comparison of the first external/non-key attribute value to the second external/non-key attribute value; wherein: the first external/non-key attribute value is one of the following types: (i) a value for an external attribute which is not included in the first record, or (ii) a value for a non-key attribute which is included in the first record, but which is not a value for a key attribute of the first record; and the second external/non-key attribute value is one of the following types: (i) a value for an external attribute which is not included in the second record, or (ii) a value for a non-key attribute which is included in the second record, but which is not a value for a key attribute of the second record.