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Apparatus and method for analyzing trends with values of interest

  • US 20060020424A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2005
  • Published: 01/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A server for facilitating a trend analysis system, wherein the server communicates with clients via a distributed computing network, and wherein the server comprises:

  • (a) a memory storing an instruction set; and

    (b) a processor for running the instruction set, the processor being in communication with the memory and the distributed computing network, wherein the processor is operative to;

    (i) access a geographical map of a region of interest, the map including boundary divisions that represent a type of event;

    (ii) receive a preliminary set of user-defined inputs to categorize the type of event;

    (iii) access a database of values related to a plurality of events;

    (iv) create assumptions related to the type of event, the assumptions being related to a spatial decay rate of a value of interest associated with each event;

    (v) determine an assumptions variable based upon the assumptions; and

    (vi) prepare a density map based upon the assumptions variable, the type of event, the geographical map, the preliminary set and the database of values, wherein the density map has large values in regions with a large numbers of events and small values in regions with a small number of events.

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