Systems And Methods For Matching Entities

An accounting system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a database;
• and
• memory comprising computer executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• identify a candidate entity for matching with one or more target entities from a plurality of target entities;
• for one or more of the target entities:
• identify, from the database of the accounting system, one or more contacts associated with the target entity;
• determine one or more contact attributes of the identified one or more contacts;
• determine one or more target entity attributes associated with the target entity based on the determined one or more contact attributes of the identified one or more contacts;
• determine a target suitability measure indicative of a suitability of the target entity to the candidate entity based on one or more desired target entity attributes of the candidate entity and corresponding one or more target entity attributes associated with the target entity;
• and
• determine a matching score for the candidate entity and target entity pair as a first function of the target suitability measure;
• determine one or more suggested target entities for matching with the candidate entity based on the matching score for each candidate entity and target entity pair;
• display, on a user interface associated with the candidate entity, the one or more suggested target entities;
• receive a selection of a selected suggested target entity of the one or more suggested target entities;
• and
• send, to a computing device associated with the selected suggested target entity, a notification identifying the candidate entity.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations including:

• identifying a candidate entity for matching with one or more target entities from a plurality of target entities;
• for one or more of the target entities:
• identifying, from a database of an accounting system, one or more contacts associated with the target entity;
• determining one or more contact attributes of the identified one or more contacts;
• determining one or more target entity attributes associated with the target entity based on the determined one or more contact attributes of the identified one or more contacts;
• determining a target suitability measure indicative of a suitability of the target entity to the candidate entity based on one or more desired target entity attributes of the candidate entity and corresponding one or more target entity attributes associated with the target entity;
• and
• determining a matching score for the candidate entity and target entity pair as a first function of the target suitability measure;
• determining one or more suggested target entities for matching with the candidate entity based on the matching score for each candidate entity and target entity pair;
• displaying, on a user interface associated with the candidate entity, the one or more suggested target entities;
• receiving a selection of a selected suggested target entity of the one or more suggested target entities;
• and
• sending, to a computing device associated with the selected suggested target entity, a notification identifying the candidate entity.