System and method of ad-hoc analysis of data
AssigneeBuzzmetrics, Ltd.
InventorMark Reed
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Abstract
It is a first aspect of the present invention to provide a computer implemented method of performing ad-hoc analysis including the steps of: generating a text index of the textual information items, generating a metadata lookup structure based, at least in part, on the text index, searching the text index using a search query, compiling results of the text index search into aggregate information related to characteristics of the search results from the metadata items associated with the textual information items in the search results from the metadata lookup structure, and reporting the aggregate information.
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A computer implemented method for performing ad-hoc analysis, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a text index of a plurality of textual information items;
- generating a metadata lookup structure based, at least in part, on the text index, the metadata lookup structure including one or more metadata items associated with each of the textual information items;
- searching the text index using one or more search queries, the searching step producing search results including one or more textual information items matching the search query;
- compiling results of the text index search into aggregate information related to characteristics of the search results from the metadata items associated with each of the one or more textual information items in the search results from the metadata lookup structure;
- and
- reporting the aggregate information.
A system for performing ad-hoc analysis, comprising:
- a computer server having access to one or more information sources, the one or more information sources including a plurality of textual information items;
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- a user computer device linked via one or more data links to the computer server, the user computer device including software configured to perform the steps of:
- generating a text index of the textual information items;
- generating a metadata lookup structure based, at least in part, on the text index, the metadata lookup structure including one or more metadata items associated with each of the textual information items;
- searching the text index using one or more search queries, the searching step producing search results including one or more textual information items matching the search query;
- compiling results of the text index search into aggregate information related to characteristics of the search results from the metadata items associated with each of the one or more textual information items in the search results from the metadata lookup structure;
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- reporting the aggregate information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.