Anthony D Curcio

US Patent:

20130031089, Jan 31, 2013

Filed:

Jul 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/193412

Inventors:

Thomas B. Allen - Henderson NV, US
Anthony D. Curcio - Monroe NC, US
Michael H. D'Amico - Las Vegas NV, US
Brian E. Macy - Henderson NV, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707723, 707769, 707749, 707E17014

Abstract:

Provided are techniques to search for an entity in an entity resolution system. Search input comprising one or more attribute values of one or more attribute types is received. A resolution search is performed to generate a search result set comprising one or more entities and zero or more generic attribute values for generating additional entities. In response to determining that the resolution search generated at least two generic attribute values, one or more query searches are performed for a unique generic group by generic attribute type to identify the additional entities, wherein the unique generic group comprises a subset of the search input and includes at least two generic attribute types; the identified additional entities are combined with the entities in the search result set; and the search result set is returned.