US 8,798,915 B2Granted

System and method for the collaborative collection, assignment, visualization, analysis, and modification of probable genealogical relationships based on geo-spatial and temporal proximity

AssigneeAncestralhunt Partners, LLC

InventorsCarl M. Dzubay, Bernard E. Gracy, Jr.

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Abstract

System, methods, apparatus and media for the geo-spatial capture and transcription of family trees, vital records, census records, land transfer records, cemetery records, and organizational membership records; for assigning deterministic and probabilistic relationships between people in geographic proximity; and for visualizing known, probable, and potential relationships in a geo-spatial context over time. Also disclosed are systems, methods, apparatus and media for organizing and analyzing genealogical information for searching and visualizing individuals and entities and their relationships to each other within a geo-spatial and temporal context. Further disclosed are systems, methods, apparatus and media for identifying a social networking site based on geo-spatial and temporal context data relating to individuals and entities and their relationships to each other.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A method of identifying and associating individuals comprising:

providing a first set of records associated with one or more individuals at a defined geographic location and a defined period of time;
providing a second set of records associated with one or more individuals across multiple geographic locations and defined time periods;
on a computing device, selecting a desired demarcated area on the Earth;
on the computing device, identifying a set of individuals corresponding to the selected demarcated area and the desired date range, the first or second set of records include identifications of locations of origin of an individual and wherein the identified set of individuals are in contemporaneous geospatial proximity:
associating relationships among the set of identified individuals who previously had no identified relationships in the first and second sets of records corresponding to the demarcated area and the desired date range including identifying the preponderance of the location of origin of the identified set of individuals, and using the preponderance of the location of origin to associate the location of origin relationships among the set of identified individuals who previously had no identified location of origin relationships in the first and second sets of records;
and
outputting results of the associated relationships among the set of identified individuals to provide results of known and probable relationships in the defined geographic location over the defined period of time.

4 more elements

A method of identifying and associating individuals comprising:

providing a first set of records associated with one or more individuals at a defined geographic location and a defined period of time;
providing a second set of records associated with one or more individuals across multiple geographic locations and defined time periods;
on a computing device, selecting a desired demarcated area on the Earth;
on the computing device, identifying a set of individuals corresponding to the selected demarcated area and the desired date range;
selecting one or more desired individual attributes on the computing device;
on the computing device, searching, identifying, and returning linked and related data elements of individuals and entities corresponding to the selected individual attributes, the demarcated area of the Earth and the desired date range;
associating relationships among the set of identified individuals who previously had no identified relationships in the first and second sets of records corresponding to the demarcated area and the desired date range;
and
outputting results of the associated relationships among the set of identified individuals to provide results of known and probable relationships in the defined geographic location over the defined period of time;
and
displaying results of one or more of a) relationship between the identified individuals and entities within a geo-spatial and temporal context, b) related data elements of the identified individuals and entities within a geo-spatial and temporal context and c) resolution of location information associated with the identified individuals and entities within a geo-spatial and temporal context, to allow a user visualize individuals and entities and their relationships to each other in the defined geographic location over the defined period of time.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/106,056Filed 13 Dec 2013 · continuation
Priority: 10 Jun 2009
Published: US 2014/0136530 A115 May 2014
Granted: 5 Aug 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 16/29
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: geographical information databases
G06F 16/285
Relational databases: clustering or classification
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06F
Computing and data processing

Family

Application61/185,696Us provisional application · filed 10 Jun 2009
PCT/US2010/037699Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Jun 2010
US 2014/0136530 A1Pre-grant publication · published 15 May 2014
Application13/375,922Parent of this continuation
US 2012/0078503 A1Published application
US 8,731,819 B2Related patent
US 8,798,915 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.