Transliteration pair matching

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for transliteration pair matching, the method comprising the steps of:

• extracting feature sequences, as individual letters separated by spaces, from a digital representation of a proper name in a first language to obtain a first orthographic feature sequence set;
• extracting feature sequences, as individual letters separated by spaces, from a digital representation of a proper name in a second language to obtain a second orthographic feature sequence set, said digital representation of said proper name in said first language and said digital representation of said proper name in said second language comprising a transliteration pair;
• comparing said first and second orthographic feature sequence sets to determine a similarity score, based on a similarity model comprising a plurality of conditional probabilities of known orthographic feature sequences in said first language given known orthographic feature sequences in said second language and a plurality of conditional probabilities of known orthographic feature sequences in said second language given known orthographic feature sequences in said first language;
• and
• based on at least one threshold value, determining whether said transliteration pair belong to an identical actual proper name.

An apparatus for transliteration pair matching comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor, coupled to said memory, and operative to:
• extract feature sequences, as individual letters separated by spaces, from a digital representation of a proper name in a first language to obtain a first orthographic feature sequence set;
• extract feature sequences, as individual letters separated by spaces, from a digital representation of a proper name in a second language to obtain a second orthographic feature sequence set, said digital representation of said proper name in said first language and said digital representation of said proper name in said second language comprising a transliteration pair;
• compare said first and second orthographic feature sequence sets to determine a similarity score, based on a similarity model comprising a plurality of conditional probabilities of known orthographic feature sequences in said first language given known orthographic feature sequences in said second language and a plurality of conditional probabilities of known orthographic feature sequences in said second language given known orthographic feature sequences in said first language;
• and
• based on at least one threshold value, determine whether said transliteration pair belong to an identical actual proper name.

An apparatus for transliteration pair matching comprising:

• means for extracting feature sequences, as individual letters separated by spaces, from a digital representation of a proper name in a first language to obtain a first orthographic feature sequence set;
• means for extracting feature sequences, as individual letters separated by spaces, from a digital representation of a proper name in a second language to obtain a second orthographic feature sequence set, said digital representation of said proper name in said first language and said digital representation of said proper name in said second language comprising a transliteration pair;
• means for comparing said first and second orthographic feature sequence sets to determine a similarity score, based on a similarity model comprising a plurality of conditional probabilities of known orthographic feature sequences in said first language given known orthographic feature sequences in said second language and a plurality of conditional probabilities of known orthographic feature sequences in said second language given known orthographic feature sequences in said first language;
• and
• means for, based on at least one threshold value, determining whether said transliteration pair belong to an identical actual proper name.