Inventors:
- Short Hills NJ, US
Yan LIN - New Providence NJ, US
Paul Douglas BALLEW - Madison NJ, US
Nipa BASU - Bridgewater NJ, US
Anjali REDDI - Martinsville NJ, US
Robin Fry DAVIES - Macungie PA, US
Alla KRAMSKAIA - Edison NJ, US
Brian Scott CRIGLER - Westfield NJ, US
Guang YANG - Short Hills, CN
International Classification:
G06Q 10/06
Abstract:
There is provided a method that includes (a) examining records that describe transactions between entities, (b) constructing, in a database, a data structure that represents a relationship network, based on the transactions, where the relationship network represents (i) a first entity and (ii) a second entity that is separated from the first entity by N tiers, and where N is a whole number greater than or equal to 1, and (c) calculating a relevance of the second entity to the first entity as a function of, i.e., based on, a characteristic of the second entity. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage medium that contains instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method.
