Automated assistance for generating relevant and valuable search results for an entity of interest

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• generating, on a suitably programmed computing device, a plurality of search queries comprising a seed entity and one or more entities associated with the seed entity;
• conducting searches, with the search queries, in one or more data sources to obtain a plurality of search results, wherein each search result comprises a hit entity and one or more entities associated with the hit entity;
• and
• determining a score for each of the search results, taking as input (a) likelihood of match between the seed entity and the hit entity or between an entity associated with the seed entity and an entity associated with the hit entity, (b) presence of a new entity in the search result not present in the search queries or a difference between the new entity and an entity present in the search queries, and (c) characteristic of the new entity in the search result.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform:

• generating, on a suitably programmed computing device, a plurality of search queries comprising a seed entity and one or more entities associated with the seed entity;
• conducting searches, with the search queries, in one or more data sources to obtain a plurality of search results, wherein each search result comprises a hit entity and one or more entities associated with the hit entity;
• and
• determining a score for each of the search results, taking as input (a) likelihood of match between the seed entity and the hit entity or between an entity associated with the seed entity and an entity associated with the hit entity, (b) presence of a new entity in the search result not present in the search queries or a difference between the new entity and an entity present in the search queries, and (c) characteristic of the new entity in the search result.