	US 7,386,047 B2
	Method for determining the likelihood of a match between source data and reference data
Richard J. Hickey, Jr., Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (US)
Assigned to Radio Computing Services, Inc., White Plains, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/643,729.
Prior Publication US 2005/0043893 A1, Feb. 24, 2005
Int. Cl. H04B 1/66 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 375—240

3 Claims

1. A method for determining likelihood of a match between a first set of data having Y of N bits set equal to a first binary value and a remainder of the bits set equal to a second binary value, and a second set of data also having Y of N bits set equal to a first binary value and a remainder of the bits set equal to a second binary value, the method comprising:

determining general probabilities of Y of N bits in said first set of data and in said second set of data being the same, where Y and N are integers and N≧Y≧1; and

heuristically processing the general probabilities to produce a series of match values based on the number of respective bits in the first set of data and in the second set of data that are identical.