Intuit Inc.
Disambiguation of entities based on financial interactions

Abstract:

During an analysis technique, information associated with two entities may be compared to determine a similarity metric. For example, a string distance between the information may be computed. Then, an association metric between financial-transaction histories for the two entities may be calculated. This calculation may involve comparing the nodes and branches in a commerce graph that represents financial interrelationships among a set of entities, including inputs received by the set of entities, outputs provided by the set of entities, and financial transactions among the set of entities. Next, a determination of whether the entities are likely to be a same entity may be based on the similarity metric and/or the association metric. If the entities are likely to be the same entity, the entities may be combined in a data structure. Alternatively, if the entities are not likely to be the same, they may remain separate.