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Title: Systems and methods for automatically identifying and linking names in digital resources

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1361426

The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically identifying name-like-strings in digital resources, matching these name-like-string against a set of names held in an expertly curated database, and for those name-like-strings found in said database, enhancing the content by associating additional matter with the name, wherein said matter includes information about the names that is held within said database and pointers to other digital resources which include the same name and it synonyms.

Research Organization:
NamesforLife, LLC, East Lansing, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-07ER86321
Assignee:
NamesforLife, LLC (East Lansing, MI)
Patent Number(s):
9,672,293
Application Number:
12/685,964
OSTI ID:
1361426
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2010 Jan 12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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