ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,190, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LiveRamp Inc. (San Francisco).

"Machine for analysis of entity resolution data graphs using peer data structures" was invented by W. Dwayne Collins (Conway, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine analyzes an entity resolution data graph using a curated peer review set of data structures. The machine uses independent peer data structures that model similar or related yet different universes and entities. These data structures may include other entity resolution data graphs or file-based data structures. The machine first performs candidate screening to determine which of these data struct...