Data store for knowledge-based data mining system

Patent 6993534 Issued on January 31, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 8, 2022. 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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Inventors

Application

No. 10142673 filed on 05/08/2002

US Classes:

707/102, Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)707/10, Distributed or remote access707/101, Manipulating data structure (e.g., compression, compaction, compilation)707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)709/206, Demand based messaging709/224, Computer network monitoring709/225, Computer network access regulating713/168, Particular communication authentication technique707/4, Query formulation, input preparation, or translation707/6, Pattern matching access707/103R, Object-oriented database structure707/5, Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)707/100, DATABASE SCHEMA OR DATA STRUCTURE707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)702/2, Earth science705/10, Market analysis, demand forecasting or surveying707/8, Concurrency (e.g., lock management in shared database)719/316, Managed object system709/218, Using interconnected networks707/1, DATABASE OR FILE ACCESSING713/166Security levels

Examiners

Primary: Pardo, Thuy N.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Rogitz; John L.

Foreign Patent References

0797161 EP 03/01/1997
1111515 EP 12/01/2000

International Class

G06F 17/30

Abstract

In a data mining system, data is gathered into a data store using, e.g., a Web crawler. The data is classified into entities and stored into underlying vertical and horizontal tables respectively representing miner outputs and entities that can be the subjects of indexing. Data miners use rules to process the entities and append respective keys to the entities representing characteristics of the entities as derived from rules embodied in the miners, with the keys being associated with the entities in the tables. With these keys, characteristics of entities as defined by disparate expert authors of the data miners are identified for use in responding to complex data requests from customers.

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