System and method for evaluating data sets over a communications network
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented tool for evaluating electronic data sets, comprising:
- a communications network;
a first server in data communication with the communications network;
a first electronic database stored on the first server and populated with data records;
a plurality of analysis modules on the first server, wherein each of the plurality of analysis modules is adapted to inputting a set of the records and outputting a result; and
a first interface associated with a first client computer in data communication with the communications network, wherein the first interface is adapted to sending a request to one of the plurality of analysis modules and is adapted to displaying on the fist client computer the result.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing researchers with a computer-assisted tool to evaluate, over a communications network, large electronic data sets stored on a remote server. The system allows the centralization of multiple data manipulation and analysis software modules co-located with the large data sets to reduce the amount of data from the data sets and software that has to be downloaded to a particular user'"'"'s client computer. The system is designed to accommodate multiple researchers located at different geographic locations each of whom may have, with regard to the data, different scientific research objectives.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented tool for evaluating electronic data sets, comprising:
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a communications network;
a first server in data communication with the communications network;
a first electronic database stored on the first server and populated with data records;
a plurality of analysis modules on the first server, wherein each of the plurality of analysis modules is adapted to inputting a set of the records and outputting a result; and
a first interface associated with a first client computer in data communication with the communications network, wherein the first interface is adapted to sending a request to one of the plurality of analysis modules and is adapted to displaying on the fist client computer the result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communications network-enabled tool for evaluating electronic data sets in a distributed computing environment, comprising:
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a server;
an electronic database in data communications with the server and populated with data records;
a plurality of analysis modules associated with the server and adapted to inputting a set of the data records and outputting a result;
a plurality of client computers in data communication with the server adapted to sending a request to one of the plurality of analysis modules; and
an interface associated with each of the plurality client computers for displaying the result on at least one of the plurality of client computers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for evaluating electronic data records over an electronic communications network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving over a communications network a set of electronic data records;
storing the set of electronic data records in at least one database on a server;
receiving at the server a first instruction from a remote client computer to identify one or more of the data records;
receiving at the server a second instruction to identify at least one mathematical operation to be applied to the identified data records;
receiving at the server a third instruction to analyze the result of the applied mathematical operation;
formatting a response using at least the result from the applied mathematical operation; and
delivering or providing the result to the client computer, wherein the first, second, and third instructions are part of the same request or a different request. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for mining and analyzing electronic data records over a distributed network of client computers, comprising the steps of:
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storing on a central server a set of data records obtained from an electronic monitoring device;
receiving a data mining request, a function request, and an analysis request from a remote client computer;
selecting a subset of the data records based on the data mining request;
performing at least one mathematical operation on the subset of data records based on the function request;
performing an analysis of a result of the at least one mathematical operation based on the analysis request;
delivering or providing a response to the client computer containing information about the subset of data records, the result of the at least one mathematical operation, and the analysis of the result. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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