Centralized data transformation
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Abstract
A method of facilitating transformation of survey data from being in at least one foreign format used by a survey-tool to being in a desired format may include: receiving instances of foreign data from survey-tools, the foreign data being in foreign format used by the survey-tools, respectively; and appending, to the instances of foreign data, service-keys to identify the service tools which gathered the foreign data, respectively, to produce a data block that includes key-and-foreign-data pairs. Another such method may include: receiving such a data block; culling from the block key-and-foreign-data pairs; and operating upon the pairs to transform respective chunks of foreign data from being in respective foreign formats into being in corresponding desired formats according to corresponding service-keys, respectively.
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38 Claims
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1-5. -5. (canceled)
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6. A method of facilitating transformation of survey data from being in a foreign format used by a survey-tool to being in a desired format, the method comprising:
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receiving a block of survey data, the block including at least a first chunk of foreign data formatted according to an at least first foreign format and at least a first service-key to identify an at least first service tool which gathered the at-least first chunk, respectively;
culling from the block at least a first pair of a service key and a corresponding chunk of foreign data, respectively, the first pair including the first service key and the first chunk of foreign data; and
operating upon the at-least-first pair to transform respective chunks of foreign data from being in respective foreign formats into being in corresponding desired formats according to corresponding service-keys, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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13-17. -17. (canceled)
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18. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, execution of which by a machine facilitates transformation of survey data from being in at least one foreign format used by a survey-tool to being in a desired format, the machine-readable instructions including:
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a first code segment to receive a block of survey data, the block including at least a first chunk of foreign data formatted according to an at least first foreign format and at least a first service-key to identify an at least first service tool which gathered the at-least first chunk, respectively;
a second code segment to cull from the block at least a first pair of a service key and a corresponding chunk of foreign data, respectively, the first pair including the first service key and the first chunk of foreign data; and
a third code segment to operate upon the at-least-first pair to transform respective chunks of foreign data from being in respective foreign formats into being in corresponding desired formats according to corresponding service-keys, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25-29. -29. (canceled)
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37. (canceled)
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38. An apparatus for facilitating transformation of survey data from being in a foreign format used by a survey-tool to being in a desired format, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a block of survey data, the block including at least a first chunk of foreign data formatted according to an at least first foreign format and at least a first service-key to identify an at least first service tool which gathered the at-least first chunk, respectively;
means for culling from the block at least a first pair of a service key and a corresponding chunk of foreign data, respectively, the first pair including the first service key and the first chunk of foreign data; and
means for operating upon the at-least-first pair to transform respective chunks of foreign data from being in respective foreign formats into being in corresponding desired formats according to corresponding service-keys, respectively.
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Specification