Method, system, and program for mining data in a personal information manager database

A method for analyzing data within a personal information management program, comprising:

• receiving from a wireless device measured records indicating time information and position coordinates;
• processing the received measured records to determine measured records whose position coordinates are within a defined geographic boundary, wherein a database includes a plurality of the defined geographic boundaries each including a different set of position coordinates;
• generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans the time periods indicated in the determined measured records and including location information indicating the defined geographic boundary that includes the position coordinates of the determined measured records;
• determining an activity associated with a plurality of measured records having consecutive time periods that are not used to generate the position record;
• generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans time periods in measured position records associated with the determined activity;
• querying the database to determine position records for one user that satisfy at least one search criteria including specified event information;
• querying the database to determine scheduled event records for one user that satisfy at least one search criteria including specified event information, wherein each scheduled event record for one user includes a time period value and event information of a scheduled event for the user;
• determining an aggregate amount of actual user time from the time periods included in the determined position records for the event identified by the specified event information;
• determining an aggregate amount of scheduled time from the time periods included in the determined scheduled event records for the event identified by the specified event information;
• and
• displaying information indicating the aggregate amount of scheduled time and the aggregate amount of actual user time for the event identified by the user specified event information.

A system for analyzing data within a personal information management program in communication with a wireless device, comprising:

• a database;
• means for receiving from the wireless device measured records indicating time information and position coordinates;
• means for processing the received measured records to determine measured records whose position coordinates are within a defined geographic boundary, wherein the database includes a plurality of defined geographic boundaries each including a different sets of position coordinates;
• means for generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans the time periods indicated in the determined measured records and including event information indicating the defined geographic boundary that includes the position coordinates of the determined measured records;
• means for determining an activity associated with a plurality of measured records having consecutive time periods that are not used to generate the position record whose event information indicates the defined geographic boundary;
• means for generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans time periods in measured position records associated with the determined activity and including event information indicating the determined activity;
• means for querying the database to determine position records for one user that satisfy at least one search criteria;
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• means for generating information characterizing data in the determined position records.

A system for analyzing data within a personal information management program receiving information from a wireless device, comprising:

• a database;
• means for receiving from the wireless device measured records indicating time information and position coordinates;
• means for processing the received measured records to determine measured records whose position coordinates are within a defined geographic boundary, wherein the database includes a plurality of defined geographic boundaries each including a different set of position coordinates;
• means for generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans the time periods indicated in the determined measured records and including event information indicating the defined geographic boundary that includes the position coordinates of the determined measured records;
• means for determining an activity associated with a plurality of measured records having consecutive time periods that are not used to generate the position record whose event information indicates the defined geographic boundary;
• means for generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans time periods in measured position records associated with the determined activity and including event information indicating the determined activity;
• means for querying the database to determine position records for one user that satisfy at least one search criteria including specified event information;
• means for determining an aggregate amount of actual user time from the time periods included in the determined position records for the event identified by the specified event information;
• querying the database to determine scheduled event records for one user that satisfy at least one search criteria including specified event information, wherein each scheduled event record for one user includes a time period value and event information of a scheduled event for the user;
• means for determining an aggregate amount of scheduled time from the time periods included in the determined scheduled event records for the event identified by the specified event information;
• and
• means for displaying information indicating the aggregate amount of scheduled time and the aggregate amount of actual user time for the event identified by the user specified event information.

An article of manufacture including code for analyzing data within a personal information management program in communication with a wireless device and a database, by:

• receiving from the wireless device measured records indicating time information and position coordinates;
• processing the received measured records to determine measured records whose position coordinates are within a defined geographic boundary, wherein the database includes a plurality of defined geographic boundaries each including a different set of position coordinates;
• generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans the time periods indicated in the determined measured records and including event information indicating the defined geographic boundary that includes the position coordinates of the determined measured records;
• determining an activity associated with a plurality of measured records having consecutive time periods that are not used to generate the position record;
• generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans time periods in measured position records associated with the determined activity and including event information indicating the determined activity;
• querying the database to determine position records for one user that satisfy at least one search criteria;
• and
• generating information characterizing data in the determined position records.

An article of manufacture including code for analyzing data within a personal information management program in communication with a wireless device and a database, by:

• receiving from the wireless device measured records indicating time information and position coordinates;
• processing the received measured records to determine measured records whose position coordinates are within a defined geographic boundary, wherein the database a includes a plurality of defined geographic boundaries each including a different set of position coordinates;
• generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans the time periods indicated in the determined measured records and including event information indicating the defined geographic boundary that includes the position coordinates of the determined measured records;
• determining an activity associated with a plurality of measured records having consecutive time periods that are not used to generate the position record;
• generating a position record in the database indicating a time period that spans time periods in measured position records associated with the determined activity and including event information indicating the determined activity;
• querying the database to determine position records for one user that satisfy at least one search criteria including specified event information;
• determining an aggregate amount of actual user time from the time periods included in the determined position records for the event identified by the specified event information;
• querying the database to determine scheduled event records for one user that satisfy at least one search criteria including specified event information, wherein each scheduled event record for one user includes a time period value and event information of a scheduled event for the user;
• determining an aggregate amount of scheduled time from the time periods included in the determined scheduled event records for the event identified by the specified event information;
• and
• displaying information indicating the aggregate amount of scheduled time and the aggregate amount of actual user time for the event identified by the user specified event information.