Event typer
First Claim
1. A method of doing business subject to a risk event comprising the steps of:
- providing questions to solicit answers that define attributes of the risk event;
obtaining the answers to the questions;
inputting the answers into a computer programmed to;
1) store the answers in the form of the attributes of the risk event,
2) map each answer to a list of possible event types corresponding to each answer, thereby generating a mapped list for each answer, and
3) compare the mapped lists to determine an event type of the risk event; and
taking action based on the determined event type.
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Abstract
A method of categorizing risk events is presented. A minimal list of predetermined questions is presented to a user seeking to “type” a risk event. The questions are probative regarding the event, but non-intuitive compared to traditional questions that elicit an event narrative. The answers to the questions define “attributes of the event”. The method maps the answers to lists of possible event types. Each successive answer generates another list of possible event types. The lists of possible event types are then combined to yield one or more common event types for the occurrence of a risk event being typed. In the preferred embodiment, five questions have been found to be sufficient to type most, if not all, event occurrences. The result is one or more event types, preferably one event type that is recorded for each risk event occurrence.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of doing business subject to a risk event comprising the steps of:
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providing questions to solicit answers that define attributes of the risk event;
obtaining the answers to the questions;
inputting the answers into a computer programmed to;
1) store the answers in the form of the attributes of the risk event,
2) map each answer to a list of possible event types corresponding to each answer, thereby generating a mapped list for each answer, and
3) compare the mapped lists to determine an event type of the risk event; and
taking action based on the determined event type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-assisted method of categorizing a risk event comprising the steps of:
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providing questions to solicit answers that define attributes of the risk event;
obtaining the answers to the questions;
inputting the answers into a computer programmed to;
1) store the answers in the form of the attributes of the risk event,
2) map each answer to a list of possible event types, thereby generating a mapped list for each answer, and
3) compare all of the mapped lists to determine an event type of the risk event; and
displaying the event type.
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14. A system for typing risk events comprising:
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a computer programmed for event typing;
a user interface for posing questions regarding an event to an event reporter, and for receiving responses to the questions from the event reporter, each of the questions having only one answer that can be selected from a list of answers for the question, wherein the selected answer becomes an attribute assigned to the event being reported;
a look up table to generate a list of mapped possible event types for each answer;
wherein the programmed computer selects one or more event types common to the lists of mapped possible event types, and a user of the system takes an action based on the event type presented by the system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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