Visual rules for decision management

A computerized method for generating monitoring rules, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium;
• first program instructions to display, to a user, an image having a plurality of image objects, each having a plurality of spatio-temporal attributes;
• second program instructions to enable a user to modify displayed said image;
• third program instructions to automatically generate a plurality of monitoring rule elements according to modified said image;
• fourth program instructions to enable a user to create at least one monitoring rule using at least one of said plurality of monitoring rule elements;
• wherein said first, second, third and fourth program instructions are stored on said computer readable storage medium.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a user interface enabling a user to select at least one of a spatial pattern and a temporal pattern represented in a spatio-temporal data which is presented thereto;
• a displaying unit which displays to a user said spatio-temporal data indicative of a plurality of spatio-temporal attributes of a plurality of image objects in a space during a period;
• and
• an element suggestion engine which analyzes said at least one of a spatial pattern and a temporal pattern to identify at least one of a location related characteristic of at least some of said plurality of image objects and a temporal related characteristic of at least some of said plurality of image objects;
• and
• automatically generates a monitoring rule according to selected said spatial pattern and temporal pattern.