One-step data mining with natural language specification and results

A method in a computer system for communicating results of a data mining operation, the method comprising:

• identifying key performance results;
• providing a user interface having a control for communicating information;
• communicating a natural language description of the key performance results using the control on the user interface.

A method in a computer system for controlling a data mining operation, the method comprising:

• receiving problem specification input determining a data mining operation goal, wherein the input data determining a data mining operation goal is the only input required by the data mining application.

A data mining application user interface comprising:

• a control that receives natural language input describing the goal of a data mining operation;
• and
• an interface that sends the natural language input to a text parser.

A computer data signal stream for communicating the goal of a data mining operation, the data signal stream comprising:

• natural language input data describing the goal of the data mining operation, the natural language input data being available for lexical analysis to identify at least one candidate data field;
• problem specification data which specifies a goal of the data mining operation based on the at least one candidate data field identified by lexical analysis.

A computer data signal stream for controlling a data mining operation, the data signal stream consisting essentially of input data specifying the goal of the data mining operation, whereby no additional input is required to obtain useful results.

An article of manufacture for a data mining application, the article of manufacture comprising a computer readable medium containing

• a plurality of natural language text templates for communicating the key performance results;
• computer program code that selects one text templates from among the plurality of text templates for communicating the key performance results, whereby the user interface does not display the same text template for every data mining operation.

An article of manufacture for a data mining application, the article of manufacture comprising a computer readable medium containing computer program code that provides for receiving input determining a data mining operation goal, wherein the input determining a data mining operation goal is the only input required by the data mining application.

An article of manufacture for a data mining application, the article of manufacture comprising a computer readable medium containing computer program code selected from the group consisting of:

• computer program code that receives natural language text providing a data mining operation goal;
• computer program code that displays key data mining performance results in natural language text;
• and computer program code that receives input providing a data mining operation goal, wherein the input providing a data mining operation goal is the only input required by the data mining application.

A user control method for a data mining application, the user control method comprising:

• specifying a goal of data mining in natural language text;
• and
• displaying key data mining performance results in natural language text.