Data matching method and use in verifying the identity of the recipient of mail

• Main Authors: PHAM, MINH-VIET, LAMAURY, THIBAULT, DELBECQ, CÉCILE, MICHELOT, VINCENT, DUCARNE, BENOIT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 09.12.2015
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The method involves acquisition of a data record including a set of fields by an acquisition device (3), and selecting matched records stored in a database (5), where the matched data records have fields correspond to fields of the acquired record. A field is compared with the corresponding field of the acquired record to define a discrete metric in three states in which one of the states corresponds to an identity. A matching of data is searched by finite automaton in which each transition corresponds to a state of the metric of a field, where the automaton has paired and not paired states. An independent claim is also included for a method for checking identity of a recipient of an electronic mail.