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US 2006/0150022 A1Published application
Event analysis system, method and software
OwnerOmar Malikinventor
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Abstract
An event analysis system employs a Failure Path™ methodology to extract useful information concerning an adverse event that has happened or is being conjectured, to assist subsequent decision making. An exemplary event analysis system may be implemented in software on a desktop computer and employs linked data to identify in an objective manner those contributing factors of an adverse event and possible rectification actions to prevent similar adverse events occurring in future.
Claims42
A computer implemented event analysis method for identifying contributing factors relating to an event to be analysed, the method comprising the steps, one or more of which are computer implemented, of:
- identifying one or more relevant environment factors which are material to the occurrence of the event and which may have the potential to alter the outcome of the event;
- determining for each of said one or more relevant environment factors whether the relevant environment factor has a potential to alter the outcome of the event;
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- for each relevant environment factor that is identified as having a potential to alter the outcome of the event, identifying the location, within the environment of the event, of the relevant environment factor's opportunity to alter the outcome of the event
- whereby the potential contributions of all relevant environment factors are identified.
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An event analysis method for identifying contributing factors relating to an event to be analysed, the method comprising the steps of:
- collecting data concerning the environment of the event to be analysed to form an inventory of the environment, the inventory comprising a plurality of sections including a first section comprising data relating to documents which define aspects of the environment in which the event has or may occur;
- and a second section comprising data which describe the individuals and any organisation of those individuals which define aspects of the environment in which the event has or may occur;
- identifying a plurality of relevant environment factors which are material to the occurrence of the event and which may have the potential to alter the outcome of the event;
- determining independently for each of said one or more relevant environment factors whether the relevant environment factor has a potential to alter the outcome of the event;
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- for each relevant environment factor that is identified as having a potential to alter the outcome of the event, identifying the location, within the environment of the event, of each relevant environment factor's opportunity to alter the outcome of the event, the location being identified in relation to one of the plurality of sections of the inventory.
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An event analysis method for identifying contributing factors relating to an event to be analysed, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a plurality of relevant environment factors which are material to the occurrence of the event and which may have the potential to alter the outcome of the event;
- determining individually for each of said one or more relevant environment factors whether the relevant environment factor has a potential to alter the outcome of the event;
- for each relevant environment factor which has a potential to alter the outcome of the event, identifying an effect in terms of an alteration to the outcome of the event which is theoretically achievable by means of a change to the relevant environment factor and assigning a rating to the likelihood of the effect being achieved;
- for each relevant environment factor that is identified as having a potential to alter the outcome of the event, identifying for each relevant environment factor the location, within the environment of the event, of each relevant environment factor's opportunity to alter the outcome of the event.
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An event analysis method for identifying contributing factors relating to an event to be analysed, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying one or more relevant environment factors which are material to the occurrence of the event and which may have the potential to alter the outcome of the event;
- determining for each of said one or more relevant environment factors whether the relevant environment factor has a potential to alter the outcome of the event;
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- for each relevant environment factor that is identified as having a potential to alter the outcome of the event, identifying the location, within the environment of the event, of the relevant environment factor's opportunity to alter the outcome of the event
- whereby the potential contributions of all relevant environment factors are identified.
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An event analysis system for identifying contributing factors relating to an event to be analysed, the system comprising:
- a data input device, for use by a user for inputting data concerning an event to be analysed;
- a display, for displaying to a user selectable data links, the selectable data links being used to automatically guide the user in the structured entry of data concerning the event to be analysed;
- a program memory in which is stored a set of instructions for analysing data input by a user concerning an event;
- a data store in which is stored one or more inventories, each inventory comprising data which describe an environment in which an event may occur, the data store further containing data concerning one or more types of events which may occur in an environment, data concerning environment factors which have the potential to contribute to an event and associations between the stored data;
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- a processor operatively connected to the program memory, the data store, the data input device and the display, the processor adapted to
- identify one or more relevant environment factors which contribute to the occurrence of the event and which may have the potential to alter the outcome of the event;
- determine for each of said one or more relevant environment factors whether the relevant environment factor has a potential to alter the outcome of the event;
- and
- for each relevant environment factor that is identified as having a potential to alter the outcome of the event, identify the location, within the environment of the event, of the relevant environment factor's opportunity to alter the outcome of the event.
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An event analysis system for identifying contributing factors relating to an event to be analysed, the system comprising:
- a data input device, for use by a user for inputting data concerning an event to be analysed;
- a display, for displaying to a user selectable data links, the selectable data links being used to automatically guide the user in the structured entry of data concerning the event to be analysed;
- a program memory in which is stored a set of instructions for analysing data input by a user concerning an event;
- a data store in which is stored one or more inventories, each inventory comprising data which describe an environment in which an event may occur, the inventory being sub-divided into sections, the data store further containing data concerning one or more types of events which may occur in an environment, data concerning environment factors which have the potential to contribute to an event and associations between the stored data;
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- a processor operatively connected to the program memory, the data store, the data input device and the display, the processor being adapted to perform the set of instructions stored in the program memory
- characterised in that the set of instructions stored in the program memory comprise instructions for performing the following functions:
- identifying a plurality of relevant environment factors which contribute to the occurrence of the event and which may have the potential to alter the outcome of the event;
- determining for each of said one or more relevant environment factors individually whether the relevant environment factor has a potential to alter the outcome of the event;
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- for each relevant environment factor that is identified as having a potential to alter the outcome of the event, identifying the location, within the environment of the event, in terms of a section of the inventory, of the relevant environment factor's opportunity to alter the outcome of the event.
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A tangible medium storing computer readable instructions for event analysis, the tangible medium storing computer readable instructions comprising:
- a first program construct of a plurality of program constructs adapted to identify a plurality of relevant environment factors which contribute to the occurrence of an event under analysis and which may have the potential to alter the outcome of the event;
- a second program construct of the plurality of program constructs adapted to determine for each of said one or more relevant environment factors individually whether the relevant environment factor has a potential to alter the outcome of the event;
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- a third program construct of the plurality of program constructs adapted to identify, for each relevant environment factor that is identified as having a potential to alter the outcome of the event, a location, within the environment of the event, of the relevant environment factor's opportunity to alter the outcome of the event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.