Apparatus for applying analysis rules to data sets in a relational database to generate a database of diagnostic records linked to the data sets

Patent 5537590 Issued on July 16, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 5, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Amado, Armando

Application

No. 102581 filed on 08/05/1993

US Classes:

707/2, Access augmentation or optimizing706/45KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

Examiners

Primary: Kulik, Paul V.
Assistant: Harrity, Paul

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

G06F 017/00
G06F 017/30

Abstract

This invention addresses the need to map information from databases and reports to a new dimension of structured, intelligent interpretations or diagnostics of that information, and then querying in a coordinated manner both the original information and the resultant diagnostics databases. The invention combines elements currently available in decision support tools, programming languages and expert system building tools. First, querying mechanisms for the information in reports and databases is provided. Second, both a test processing engine and an Expert System run a set of if-then-else tests and expert rules on said information, and the resulting coded diagnostics are stored in a diagnostics database. In a simple implementation, first, the information database contains a single flat database file, second each if-then-else test compares particular data items in this file against other data items or against absolute values and, if true, generates one or more data pairs containing the test identifier and each one of the data item identifiers involved in the test. The invention is completed, third, by a querying engine and a EIS-like reporting system, both capable of structuring, filtering, linking and querying in a coordinated manner both the original information and the resultant diagnostics databases, and capable of building reports.