US 11,887,697 B2
Graphical user interface displaying relatedness based on shared DNA
Shiya Song, San Mateo, CA (US); Neal Craig Varner, Highland, UT (US); Ross E. Curtis, Cedar Hills, UT (US); Brian Jerel Kerr, Pleasant Grove, UT (US); Kelly McCloy Becker, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Brett Frederick Jorgensen, Draper, UT (US); Bryce Damon Ririe, Highland, UT (US); Michael Joseph Mulligan, Dublin (IE); Justin Matthew Robert Van Dyke, Dublin (IE); and Michaela Black Bonkemeyer, Burlington, CT (US)
Assigned to Ancestry.com DNA, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed by Ancestry.com DNA, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/045,138.
Application 18/045,138 is a continuation of application No. 16/803,219, filed on Feb. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,482,306.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/882,438, filed on Aug. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/811,505, filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116793 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G16B 45/00 (2019.01); G16B 40/30 (2019.01); G16B 40/20 (2019.01)
CPC G16B 45/00 (2019.02) [G16B 40/20 (2019.02); G16B 40/30 (2019.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
identifying a DNA match of a target individual;
identifying, in a network of individuals, a linkage between the DNA match and the target individual, wherein the network of individuals represents individuals as nodes in the network and is generated by concatenating a plurality of family trees of different individuals, wherein concatenating the plurality of family trees of different individuals to generate the network of individuals comprises:
retrieving a plurality of genealogical records corresponding to one or more individuals in the plurality of family trees,
identifying two or more genealogical records that are identified as potentially belonging to a particular individual,
generating a confidence score that the two or more genealogical records belong to the same particular individual, and
assigning a user identifier corresponding to the particular individual to the two or more genealogical records;
transmitting for display, at a graphical user interface, a predicted relationship between the DNA match and the target individual that is determined based at least on the linkage in the network identified between the DNA match and the target individual;
receiving, at the graphical user interface, a selection for the DNA match; and
generating a map of visual connections of the linkage to be displayed at the graphical user interface, the map comprising a first branch that connects the target individual with a potential common ancestor and a second branch that connects the DNA match with the potential common ancestor, wherein generating the map comprising concatenating a first family tree of the target individual that includes the first branch and a second family tree of the DNA match that includes the second branch.