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Title: |
US5878412:
System and method for defining shapes with which to mine time sequences in computerized databases
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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Agrawai, Rakesh; San Jose, CA
Psaila, Giuseppe; Dalmine, Italy
Wimmers, Edward L.; San Jose, CA
Zait, Mohamed; San Jose, CA

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Assignee: |
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY
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Published / Filed: |
1999-03-02
/ 1997-10-08

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Application Number: |
US1997000947067

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G06F 17/30;
Core:
more...
IPC-7:
G06F 17/30;

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ECLA Code: |
G06F17/30S4P8Q; G06F17/30S2P3; G06F17/30S4P8D;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
707/006;
382/181;
382/187;
382/188;
382/189;
Original:
707/006;
382/187;
382/188;
382/189;
382/181;

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Field of Search: |
707/006
282/187,188,189,181

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Priority Number: |

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Abstract: |
A system and method including a computer shape definition language are disclosed for defining shapes and mining time sequences that resemble the shapes. The system and method include provisions for establishing a user-defined alphabet that in turn establishes a set of elemental shapes. The system also includes simple yet powerful operators for combining the elemental shapes to define a desired time sequence shape. Moreover, intervals of actual time sequences are mapped into corresponding transition sequences using the alphabet, and the transition sequences are stored in a hierarchical index structure for easily accessing the transition sequences. The index structure is entered with the desired time sequence shape, and the index structure is traversed to identify maximal actual transition sequences which conform to the desired time sequence shape, within user-definable blurry criteria.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Gray Cary Ware Freidenrich ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Black, Thomas G.; Corrielus, Jean M.

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Maintenance Status: |
E1 Expired Check current status

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INPADOC Legal Status: |
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Foreign References: |
None

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Other Abstract Info: |
DERABS G1998-239638
DERABS G1999-189960
DERABS G1999-189960
DERABS G1999-189961

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Other References: |
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N. H. Gehani, et al., "Composite Event Specification in Active Databases: Model & Implementation", Proceedings of the VLDB Conference, pp. 327-338, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Aug. 1992.
Rakesh Agrawal, et al., "Database Mining: A Performance Perspective", IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 5(6):914-925, Dec. 1993.
(12 pages)
Cited by 35 patents
[ISI abstract]
Praveen Seshadri, et al., "SEQ: A framework for Sequence Databases", Computer Sciences department, pp. 1-24, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 52706, U.S.A., no date.
Praveen Seshadri, et al., "Sequence Query Processing", Computer Sciences Department, pp. 1-12, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A., no date.
Rakesh Agrawal, et al., "An Interval Classifier for Database Mining Applications", Proceedings of the 18th VLDB Conference, pp. 1-14, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1992.
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Cited by 13 patents
[ISI abstract]
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Cited by 6 patents
[ISI abstract]
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