System and method for identifying at least one association of entity

A method of identifying at least one association of an entity, wherein the method includes using a computer system, wherein the method comprises:

• a) receiving an input comprising data related to the entity;
• b) acquiring web content related to the received input from a plurality of data sources;
• c) filtering the acquired web content to obtain information relating to the entity;
• d) identifying probable associations of the entity from the information relating to the entity using an ontology;
• e) determining for each of the probable associations, at least one of:
• a recency attribute, a frequency attribute, a proximity attribute, a semantics attribute;
• f) determining a probability score for each of the probable associations of the entity, based on at least one of:
• the recency attribute, the frequency attribute, the proximity attribute, the semantics attribute;
• and
• g) identifying the at least one association of the entity from the probable associations, wherein the at least one association corresponds to a highest probability score.

A computer readable medium containing program instructions for execution on a computer system, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform method steps for identifying at least one association of an entity, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) receiving an input comprising data related to the entity;
• b) acquiring web content related to the received input from a plurality of data sources;
• c) filtering the acquired web content to obtain information relating to the entity;
• d) identifying probable associations of the entity from the information relating to the entity using an ontology;
• e) determining for each of the probable associations, at least one of:
• a recency attribute, a frequency attribute, a proximity attribute, a semantics attribute;
• f) determining a probability score for each of the probable associations of the entity, based on at least one of:
• the recency attribute, the frequency attribute, the proximity attribute, the semantics attribute;
• and
• g) identifying the at least one association of the entity from the probable associations, wherein the at least one association corresponds to a highest probability score.