Methods And Systems For Data Management And Analysis

A method for analyzing information, comprising:

• recalling a visualization of data, wherein the visualization comprises information relating to a result data structure;
• determining additional information is required to be retrieved;
• determining identifying information for retrieving the additional information;
• retrieving the additional information using the identifying information;
• and
• appending the retrieved additional information to the recalled visualization.

A system for analyzing information, comprising:

• a database comprising a plurality of records having one or more data element types and one or more data element values;
• a computing device in communication with the database, the computing device configured to:
• identify, in the database, unique data element types;
• generate a plurality of initial data structure corresponding to the unique data element types, wherein the plurality of initial data structures comprise representations of unique data element values associated with the corresponding unique data element type;
• generate a final data structure based on one or more records of the plurality of records, wherein the final data structure is based upon the data element values included in the one or more records and the data element values represented in the plurality of initial data structures;
• determine first information relating to first data to be retrieved from the final data structure;
• determine second information relating to second data to be retrieved from a source external to the final data structure, wherein the second information comprises identifying information relating to the location and specification of the second data;
• and
• provide search results relevant to a search query based on the first information and the second information.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a query for information from a database;
• identifying data element types relevant to the query and data element values relevant to the query;
• generating a query structure based on the identified data element types and data element values;
• identifying one or more records in the database based on the query structure;
• and
• generating a results structure containing information relating to the identified one or more records, wherein the query structure and the results structure represent a data state;
• selectively capturing one or more data states based upon the query structure and results structure, wherein the one or more data states reflect a current data state;
• and
• generating a current state structure for the captured one or more data states.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a query for information from a database;
• identifying data element types relevant to the query and data element values relevant to the query;
• generating a query structure based on the identified data element types and data element values;
• identifying one or more records in the database based on the query structure;
• generating a results structure containing information relating to the identified one or more records;
• selectively capturing one or more first data states based upon the query structure and results structure, wherein the one or more first data states are an indicia of a current data state;
• selectively displaying one or more second data states of the query structure, the results structure, or both;
• selectively capturing the displayed second data states along with the first data states that are the indicia of the current state;
• and
• modifying the displayed data states.

A method for analyzing information within a database that comprises one or more database structures which collectively contain a plurality of records, with each record having at least two data element types, and with at least one of the data element types having a different data element value from the data element value for the corresponding data element type in at least one other record in the database;

• the method characterized by the steps of:
• reading the plurality of records;
• instantiating an initial data structure for each unique data element type within the plurality of records;
• creating an entry in the initial data structure for each data element type for each unique data element value within that data element type;
• selecting one or more database structures within the database;
• instantiating a final data structure for the selected database structures in which the data element value for each data element type reflects the entry made in the initial data structures for that data element value;
• receiving a query for information from the database;
• determining first information comprising particular data element types and data element values that are the subject of the query;
• determining second information relating to data to be fetched from a source external to the final data structure, wherein the second information comprises identifying information relating to the location and specification of the data to be fetched;
• instantiating a query data structure containing the first information;
• appending the second information to the query data structure;
• identifying the records within the database that contain one or more database element types and/or database element values that are included in the query data structure;
• fetching the data to be fetched using the second information;
• instantiating and storing in memory a results data structure containing information relating to the identified records including whether or not the database element types and database element values of the identified records are included in the query data structure;
• and
• appending the fetched data to the results data structure.

A method for analyzing information within a database that comprises one or more database structures which collectively contain a plurality of records, with each record having at least two data element types, and with at least one of the data element types having a different data element value from the data element value for the corresponding data element type in at least one other record in the database;

• the method characterized by the steps of:
• reading the plurality of records;
• instantiating an initial data structure for each unique data element type within the plurality of records;
• creating an entry in the initial data structure for each data element type for each unique data element value within that data element type;
• selecting one or more database structures within the database;
• instantiating a final data structure for the selected database structures in which the data element value for each data element type reflects the entry made in the initial data structures for that data element value;
• receiving a query for information from the database;
• instantiating and storing in memory a query data structure containing the database element types, the database element values and the functions that are the subject of the query, using the entries stored in the initial data structures for the data element values of the query;
• identifying one or more records within the database that contain one or more database element types and/or database element values that are included in the query data structure;
• instantiating and storing in memory a results data structure containing information relating to the identified one or more records including the database element types and database element values of the identified one or more records;
• selectively capturing one or more data states of the query data structure and results data structure, wherein the one or more data states reflect the current data state;
• and
• instantiating a current state data structure for the captured one or more data states and saving the captured one or more data states in the current state data structure.

A method for analyzing information within a database that comprises one or more database structures which collectively contain a plurality of records, with each record having at least two data element types, and with at least one of the data element types having a different data element value from the data element value for the corresponding data element type in at least one other record in the database;

• the method characterized by the steps of:
• reading the plurality of records;
• instantiating an initial data structure for each unique data element type within the plurality of records;
• creating an entry in the initial data structure for each data element type for each unique data element value within that data element type;
• selecting one or more database structures within the database;
• instantiating a final data structure for the selected database structures in which the data element value for each data element type reflects the entry made in the initial data structures for that data element value;
• receiving a query for information from the database;
• instantiating and storing in memory a query data structure containing the database element types, the database element values and the functions that are the subject of the query, using the entries stored in the initial data structures for the data element values of the query;
• identifying one or more records within the database that contain one or more database element types and/or database element values that are included in the query data structure;
• instantiating and storing in memory a results data structure containing information relating to the identified one or more records including the database element types and database element values of the identified one or more records;
• selectively capturing one or more first data states represented by the query data structure and results data structure, wherein the one or more first data states are an indicia of the current data state;
• selectively displaying one or more second data states represented by the query data structure and results data structure;
• selectively capturing the displayed one or more second data states along with the one or more first data states;
• and
• modifying the displayed one or more second data states.