Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein and Gross
  • Computer-based method and system for linking records in data files
    Patent number: 6658412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to computer-based technology for linking or matching records in data files, based on at least one identifier in common, with a threshold probability that records are linked, the method uses a Bayesian probabilistic approach to determine the likelihood that the identified records are linked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Educational Testing Service
    Inventors: Laura Jenkins, Thomas J. Jirele