Household grouping based on public records

A system for or grouping household members associated with an individual, comprising:

• at least one data store configured to store public records;
• a first computer, including:
• a first processor and a first computer-readable medium;
• a first operating environment stored on the first computer-readable medium and executing on the first processor;
• a first communication connection device operating under the control of the first operating environment and configured to connect to a network;
• and
• a first application operating under the control of the first operating environment and operative to perform actions, including:
• obtaining public records from the at least one data store based on at least one value associated with the individual;
• wherein the obtained records include more than one household;
• applying augment keys to each of the records and receiving an augment key value for each of the records, wherein an augment key comprises one or more fields from the obtained records;
• augmenting the records based on the augment key value;
• wherein augmenting the records comprises combining fields of each of the obtained records identified to be a same individual and removing duplicate records;
• storing the augmented records without storing the obtained records used to augment the records;
• and
• performing household grouping on the augmented records;
• wherein the household grouping identifies household members within a household of the individual;
• and
• a second computer, including:
• a second processor and a second computer-readable medium;
• a second operating environment stored on the second computer-readable medium and executing on the second processor;
• a display;
• a second communication connection device operating under the control of the operating environment and configured to connect to the network;
• and
• a second application operating under the control of the operating environment and operative to perform actions, including:
• receiving the household grouping;
• and
• displaying the household grouping on the display.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions for grouping household members associated with an individual, the instructions executing on a processor of a computing device comprising:

• obtaining public records from a public data source based on at least one value associated with the individual;
• wherein the obtained records include more than one household;
• applying augment keys to each of the records and receiving an augment key value for each of the records, wherein an augment key comprises one or more fields from the obtained records;
• augmenting the records based on the augment key value;
• wherein augmenting the records comprises combining fields of each of the obtained records identified to be a same individual and removing duplicate records;
• storing the augmented records without storing the obtained records used to augment the records;
• performing household grouping on the augmented records;
• wherein the household grouping identifies household members within a household of the individual;
• and
• displaying the records according to the household grouping.