METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING CHARACTERISABLE DATASETS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing an individually sorted sequence of elements such as articles, persons or datasets, comprising:
- a storage device wherein there is stored a plurality of elements and in relation to each element a description set in which there is stored in relation to the respective element with regard to each of at least three criteria a conformity value by which the conformity of the respective element with the criterion is assessed,a user interface which makes it possible for a useri. to select at least a first and a second criterion from a plurality of criteria and to mutually associate them, andii. to select a weighting factor between the two selected and mutually associated criteria, which determines which of the two criteria is to be taken into account preferredly in relation to the other criterion in sorting a sequence of the elements, anda sorting device which constructs a sequence of elements and is adapted to arrange a first element before a second element wheni. the conformity value for the first criterion which the user has selected as preferred in relation to the second criterion is higher in the description set of the first element than the conformity value for the first criterion in the description set of the second element, and/orii. the conformity value for the second criterion which the user has selected as less preferred in relation to the first criterion is lower in the description set of the first element than the conformity value for the second criterion in the description set of the second element.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for providing an individually sorted sequence of elements. An apparatus according to the invention of that kind comprises: a storage device wherein there is stored a plurality of elements and in relation to each element a description set in which there is stored in relation to the respective element with regard to each of at least three criteria a conformity value by which the conformity of the respective element with the criterion is assessed, a user interface which makes it possible for a user to select at least two criteria from a plurality of criteria and to select a weighting factor between the two criteria, which determines which of the two criteria is to be taken into account preferredly in relation to the other criterion, and a sorting device which constructs a sequence of elements and is adapted to arrange a first element before a second element when the conformity value for the first criterion which the user has selected as preferred is higher in the description set of the first element than the conformity value for the first criterion in the description set of the second element, and/or the conformity value for the second criterion which the user has selected as less preferred is lower in the description set of the first element than the conformity value for the second criterion in the description set of the second element.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing an individually sorted sequence of elements such as articles, persons or datasets, comprising:
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a storage device wherein there is stored a plurality of elements and in relation to each element a description set in which there is stored in relation to the respective element with regard to each of at least three criteria a conformity value by which the conformity of the respective element with the criterion is assessed, a user interface which makes it possible for a user i. to select at least a first and a second criterion from a plurality of criteria and to mutually associate them, and ii. to select a weighting factor between the two selected and mutually associated criteria, which determines which of the two criteria is to be taken into account preferredly in relation to the other criterion in sorting a sequence of the elements, and a sorting device which constructs a sequence of elements and is adapted to arrange a first element before a second element when i. the conformity value for the first criterion which the user has selected as preferred in relation to the second criterion is higher in the description set of the first element than the conformity value for the first criterion in the description set of the second element, and/or ii. the conformity value for the second criterion which the user has selected as less preferred in relation to the first criterion is lower in the description set of the first element than the conformity value for the second criterion in the description set of the second element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of sorting elements such as articles, persons or datasets, comprising the steps:
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a. storing a plurality of elements and a description set in relation to each element which contains in relation to the respective element at least in regard to each of three criteria a conformity value by which the conformity of the respective element with the criterion is assessed, i. selecting and mutually associating a first and second criterion with each other, and ii. determining a weighting factor between the two selected and mutually associated criteria, which determines which of the two criteria is to be placed preferably in relation to the other criterion upon sorting of a sequence of the elements, b. producing a sequence of elements in which a respective first element is arranged before a second element when i. the conformity value for the first criterion which the user selected as preferred in relation to the second criterion is higher in the description set of the first element than the conformity value for the first criterion in the description set of the second element, and/or ii. the conformity value for the second criterion which the user selected as less preferred in relation to the first criterion is lower in the description set of the first element than the conformity value for the second criterion in the description set of the second element. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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