Patents by Inventor Ira Joseph Haimowitz

Ira Joseph Haimowitz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Generating rules for matching new customer records to existing customer records in a large database
    Patent number: 5960430
    Abstract: A method and system for matching new customer records to existing customer records in a database. The new customer records are validated for quality and normalized into a standard form. A hash key is selected to generate a candidate set of records from the existing records in the database that likely matches the new customer records. The new customer records are then matched to each of the records in the candidate set. Once the matching has been performed, a decision is made on whether to create a new customer record, update an existing record, or save the new record in a pending file for resolution at a later time. In another embodiment, there is a methodology for learning matching rules for matching records in a database. The matching rules are then used for matching a new customer record to existing records in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ira Joseph Haimowitz, Brian Terence Murren, Henry Lander, Barbara Ann Pierce, Mary Clarkeson Phillips
  • Matching new customer records to existing customer records in a large business database using hash key
    Patent number: 5819291
    Abstract: In this invention there is a method and system for matching new customer records to existing customer records in a database. The new customer records are validated for quality and normalized into a standard form. A hash key is selected to generate a candidate set of records from the existing records in the database that likely matches the new customer records. The new customer records are then matched to each of the records in the candidate set. Once the matching has been performed, a decision is made on whether to create a new customer record, update an existing record, or save the new record in a pending file for resolution at a later time. In another embodiment, there is a methodology for learning matching rules for matching records in a database. The matching rules are then used for matching a new customer record to existing records in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ira Joseph Haimowitz, Brian Terence Murren, Henry Lander, Barbara Ann Pierce, Mary Clarkeson Phillips