METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR AN IMPROVED ENTERPRISE SPATIAL SYSTEM

• US 20070050340A1
• Filed: 07/19/2006
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Paradigm Alliance, Inc.
• Original Assignee: The Paradigm Alliance, Inc.
• Inventors: Mihalich, Joseph, Jenkins, Anthony, Dyrnaes, David, von Kaenel, Tim, Kumar, C., Trivelpiece, Craig, Obee, Anne, Stier, Mark, Goodwin, Jonathan, Wayman, Jared, Odom, Richard
• Application Number:
  US11/458,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20070050340A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

Disclosed is a method, system, and program for providing access to spatial data. A request for data is received. Enterprise and third party data are integrated. The integrated data is processed. Spatially referenced results are generated using the processed data. The spatially referenced results are returned in response to the request.

Claims

1. -17. (canceled)

18. A method for manipulating a composite image, comprising:

retrieving data layers, wherein each data layer comprises an image;

forming a first composite image from one or more of the retrieved data layers, wherein the one or more of data layers forming the first composite image are stored in a structure;

receiving a request to manipulate one or more of the data layers in the first composite image; and

when the request may be performed without retrieving an additional data layer,

modifying the data layers stored in the structure; and

overlaying the data layers stored in the structure to form a second composite image.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the request is to remove the data layer.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the request is to reorder the data layers.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the request is one of panning, zooming, and refreshing one of the data layers.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the request is to view a new data layer.

23. A system for manipulating a composite image, comprising:

means for retrieving data layers, wherein each data layer comprises an image;

means for forming a first composite image from one or more of the retrieved data layers, wherein the one or more of the data layers forming the first composite image are stored in a structure;

means for receiving a request to manipulate one or more of the data layers in the first composite image; and

when the request may be performed without retrieving an additional data layer,

means for modifying the data layers stored in the structure; and

means for overlaying the data layers stored in the structure to form a second composite image.

24. An article of manufacture for manipulating a composite image, wherein the article of manufacture is capable of causing operations, the operations comprising:

retrieving data layers, wherein each data layer comprises an image;

forming a first composite image from one or more of the retrieved data layers, wherein the one or more of data layers forming the first composite image are stored in a structure;

receiving a request to manipulate one or more of the data layers in the first composite image; and

when the request may be performed without retrieving an additional data layer,

modifying the data layers stored in the structure; and

overlaying the data layers stored in the structure to form a second composite image.

25. A method of processing data, comprising:

receiving a data set comprising a data layer for processing;

generating data layer metadata for the data layer;

generating a rendering specification for the data layer;

generating access control metadata for the data layer; and

when a notification about the data layer is to be sent, sending the notification.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the rendering specification is generated based on business rules.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the data layer metadata is associated with user metadata for access control.

28. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

sending the notification to client software in real time.

29. The method of claim 25, further comprising at least one of:

performing address cleansing for the data layer; and

geocoding the data layer.

30. A system of processing data, comprising:

means for receiving a data set comprising a data layer for processing;

means for generating data layer metadata for the data layer;

means for generating a rendering specification for the data layer;

means for generating access control metadata for the data layer; and

means for when a notification about the data layer is to be sent, sending the notification.

31. An article of manufacture for processing data, wherein the article of manufacture is capable of causing operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a data set comprising a data layer for processing;

generating data layer metadata for the data layer;

generating a rendering specification for the data layer;

generating access control metadata for the data layer; and

when a notification about the data layer is to be sent, sending the notification.

32. -56. (canceled)