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US Patent 7567976 Merging objects in a facts database

Patent 7567976 was granted and assigned to Google on July, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Google

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

75679760

Patent Inventor Names

Jonathan T. Betz0

Andrew William Hogue0

Date of Patent

July 28, 2009

Patent Application Number

111427400

Date Filed

May 31, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Pierre M Vital

Patent abstract

A key attribute may be selected for a set of objects in a fact repository. A candidate attribute is identified and objects having an attribute-value pair with the candidate attribute are gathered. The candidate attribute is selected as a key attribute if the names of the gathered objects and the values of the objects for the candidate attribute satisfy predefined criteria. For instance, objects may be merged into one object if they have same or similar names and have the same value for a key attribute.