Cross-category view of a dataset using an analytic platform

US10621203B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Information Resources, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Herbert Dennis Hunt · Bedford, US
• John Randall West · Sunnyvale, US
• Marshall Ashby Gibbs · Clarendon Hills, US
• Bradley Michael Griglione · Lake Zurich, US
• Gregory David Neil Hudson · Riverside, US
• Andrea Basilico · Saronno, IT
• Arvid C. Johnson · Frankfort, US
• Cheryl G. Bergeon · Arlington Heights, US
• Craig Joseph Chapa · Lake Barrington, US
• Alberto Agostinelli · Trezzo sull'Adda, IT
• Jay Alan Yusko · Lombard, US
• Trevor Mason · Bolingbrook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 28, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In embodiments, systems and methods may involve using a platform as disclosed herein for applications described herein where the systems and methods involve receiving a dataset in an analytic platform, the dataset including fact data and dimension data for a plurality of distinct product categories. It may also involve storing the data in a flexible hierarchy, the hierarchy allowing the temporary fixing of data along a dimension and flexible querying along other dimensions of the data. It may also involve pre-aggregating certain combinations of data to facilitate rapid querying, the pre-aggregation based on the nature of common queries. It may also involve facilitating the presentation of a cross-category view of an analytic query of the dataset. In embodiments, the temporarily fixed dimension can be rendered flexible upon an action by the user.