Object count estimation by live object simulation

A system for generating and using estimated object counts based on simulations of processing real-time data streams, the system comprising:

• one or more data processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing instructions which when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform actions including:
• receiving a communication that identifies a filtering parameter and corresponds to a request to perform a task action based on a simulated output generated based on the filtering parameter;
• performing a simulation of processing one or more real-time data streams by:
• retrieving a first plurality of stored objects, each stored object of the first plurality of stored objects having been generated based on an interaction-responsive communication received from a user device;
• and
• filtering, by a real-time object-intake system, the first plurality of stored objects using the filtering parameter to produce a first subset of the first plurality of stored objects, each object in the first subset corresponding to the filtering parameter;
• processing the first subset to identify an object count to associate with the filtering parameter, the object count identifying a quantity of objects in the first subset that include one or more unique values for one or more particular identifying fields relative to other one or more values for the one or more particular identifying fields represented in the quantity, the object count being less than a number of objects in the first subset as a result of at least two objects in the first subset having one or more non-unique values for the one or more particular identifying fields;
• generating response data that includes an estimated count of a second subset of a second plurality of objects based on the object count, the second plurality of objects including at least some objects expected to be received by the real-time object-intake system subsequent to the identification of the object count, each object in the second subset corresponding to the filtering parameter;
• and
• performing the task action based on the response data, the task action including:
• transmitting a response to the communication that identifies the estimated count of the response data;
• or
• effecting an instruction for the real-time object-intake system to filter incoming objects from one or more real-time data streams using the filtered parameter when it is determined, based on the response data, that a real-time filtering condition is satisfied.

A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause one or more data processors to perform actions for generating and using estimated object counts based on simulations of processing real-time data streams, the actions including:

• receiving a communication that identifies a filtering parameter and corresponds to a request to perform a task action based on a simulated output generated based on the filtering parameter;
• performing a simulation of processing one or more real-time data streams by:
• retrieving a first plurality of stored objects, each stored object of the first plurality of stored objects having been generated based on an interaction-responsive communication received from a user device;
• and
• filtering, by a real-time object-intake system, the first plurality of stored objects using the filtering parameter to produce a first subset of the first plurality of stored objects, each object in the first subset corresponding to the filtering parameter;
• processing the first subset to identify an object count to associate with the filtering parameter, the object count identifying a quantity of objects in the first subset that include one or more unique values for one or more particular identifying fields relative to other one or more values for the one or more particular identifying fields represented in the quantity, the object count being less than a number of objects in the first subset as a result of at least two objects in the first subset having one or more non-unique values for the one or more particular identifying fields;
• generating response data that includes an estimated count of a second subset of a second plurality of objects based on the object count, the second plurality of objects including at least some objects expected to be received by the real-time object-intake system subsequent to the identification of the object count, each object in the second subset corresponding to the filtering parameter;
• and
• performing the task action based on the response data, the task action including:
• transmitting a response to the communication that identifies the estimated count of the response data;
• or
• effecting an instruction for the real-time object-intake system to filter incoming objects from one or more real-time data streams using the filtered parameter when it is determined, based on the response data, that a real-time filtering condition is satisfied.