Remote access data visualisation system
AssigneeBritish Telecommunications public limited company
InventorsPeter A. Sharples, Marco J. Fauth
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Abstract
Using a World Wide Web browser having the capability of downloading software, a user can download data together with data visualization software. In a particular arrangement, the user can download traffic data from the call records of a network provider, in relation to particular network numbers. By downloading a data visualization software tool at the same time, the user can look almost in realtime at events on the network. This means a service provider, providing a service on the network can monitor the response to an advertising campaign for instance where a Freephone number has been launched.
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A remote data access system, comprising a data store accessible by means of a data access network, and a data browser for locating data in the store and downloading it over the network to a user station, wherein there is further provided data visualisation software for selecting and controlling presentation of the data, the data browser being adapted to download the data visualisation software over the network, and to run said software at the user station to select and control presentation of data downloaded from the data store.
A system according to either one of the preceding claims wherein the data store comprises data sets which are protected by an authentification procedure and the data visualisation software includes means for satisfying the authentification procedure in respect of at least one of said data sets.
A system according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the data store comprises call records in respect of a communications network.
A data visualisation system for enabling remote access by a user to a database, the user having a user station equipped with a browser capable of downloading and running software, the data visualisation system comprising:
- i) a computer system provided with one or more modules of software for use in visualising data, and provided with means responsive to a request from the user station to output or copy one or more of said modules of software to the user station;
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- ii) a database accessible by the user under the control of the computer system to output data to the user station, and comprising data stored in a form which can be queried by the one or more modules of software when downloaded together with the software to the user station;
- the arrangement being such that data can be downloaded from the database to the user station, under control of the computer system in response to user inputs at the user station, the computer system also providing one or more of said modules of software to the user station, such that the user can visualise the data by means of said one or more modules at the user station.
A method of providing data visualisation to a remote user, of data stored in a database in a form which can be queried by a data visualisation software tool, which method comprises storing the data visualisation software tool in a computer system, receiving a request to the computer system from a remote user for the tool, authenticating the request and outputting or copying the tool to the user, receiving a request from the user for data from the database by means of the tool, accessing the database and providing the data to the user.
A remote access data visualisation system comprising:
- i) a communications network;
- ii) access means for use in accessing a database;
- iii) means for receiving a user request in relation to visualisation of data stored in the database;
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- iv) a data visualisation software tool stored, when not in use by a user, in relation to the network so as to be downloadable over the network to a user location,
- wherein the system is adapted to respond to a received user request in relation to data visualisation by downloading:
- a) the data visualisation tool;
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- b) location information for data for use by the tool in visualisation, to the user location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.