Inquire|Search

Inquire|Search, developed by Aware, is an advanced text-based identity data search, analytics, and quality solution. According to the vendor, it is designed to cater to the needs of government agencies, businesses, system integrators, and identity service providers. With its features and customizable options, Inquire|Search aims to be a valuable tool for professionals in various industries who require accurate and efficient identity data search and analysis.

Key Features

Fuzzy Name and Address Matching: Inquire performs comparisons between text fields in identity records, such as names, addresses, and other biographic identity data. The vendor claims it can recognize common variations in spellings and formats to improve the performance and reliability of identity search and filter processes.

Biographic Data Matching: Inquire can identify potentially fraudulent identity information in a biometric database based on the content of multiple fields and attributes. It can highlight identities with potentially fraudulent content, requiring further investigation, according to the vendor.

Biometric search filtering: Inquire can pre-filter or post-filter a biometric search based on fuzzy matching of text-based fields, including biographic information or "soft biometrics" such as hair color, eye color, height, weight, and age. The vendor states that this feature enhances the accuracy and specificity of biometric identification.

Identity data analysis and quality assurance: Inquire can assess the quality and integrity of identity data, including data that contains biometrics. It can detect errors such as typos, misspellings, as well as biometric false matches, non-matches, and crosslinks, according to the vendor.

Data integration and identity resolution: Inquire performs integration of identity data records across databases, linking attributes and encounters associated with a particular individual to a single identity record. The vendor claims it uses fuzzy text comparison algorithms to link and merge data records, accommodating artifacts such as misspellings, name variations, and address changes.

Link analysis for relationship discovery: Inquire performs link analysis that visualizes identity data to reveal non-obvious relationships between individuals and other entities, according to the vendor.

Quantitative similarity scoring and ranking: Inquire provides quantitative similarity scoring and ranking of identity data, allowing users to prioritize and rank matches based on their similarity scores, as claimed by the vendor.

Customizable dictionaries and link rules: Inquire offers customization options for dictionaries and link rules, allowing users to tailor the matching algorithms to their specific requirements, according to the vendor.

Well-designed, easy-to-use APIs: Inquire provides well-designed and easy-to-use APIs, enabling seamless integration with existing systems and workflows, as stated by the vendor.

Fully scalable and extensible: Inquire is fully scalable, with infrastructure that automatically determines processing resources and optimizes their utilization. The vendor claims it can be easily extended to accommodate evolving needs and requirements.