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Computer method and apparatus for graphical inquiry specification with progressive summary

US7877367B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Steven I. Ross · Hamilton, US
Nishanth R. Sastry · Concord, US
Daniel M. Gruen · Newton, US
Susanne Hupfer · Lexington, US
John F. Patterson · Richland, US
James E. Christensen · Somers, US
Stephen Levy · Saskatoon, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2008
Grant date	Jan 25, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/243
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer method and system provides for graphical specification of inquiries and includes a corresponding progressive summary. The inquiries operate on stream data. Users graphically specify an inquiry in a graphical user interface according to an ontology. The invention system generates a plain-text translation of the graphical description of the inquiry and displays the generated plain-text description in a progressive summary in the graphical user interface. The system continually updates and generates the display of the plain-text description during user construction of the inquiry. This provides feedback to the user for improved construction of the inquiry.

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