System for Database Reporting

• US 20080162562A1
• Filed: 01/03/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Claria Corporation
• Inventors: Hu, Dan, Bennett, Dominic V.
• Granted Patent: US 8,620,952 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/283 Multi-dimensional databases or data warehouses, e.g. MOLAP or ROLAP

Abstract

A method of creating user-generated reports. The method begins with the step of receiving information related to consumer internet behavior. That information is then assembled into a database having facts and dimensions, in which the database resides on a server, the server being connected to a communications network. The method then provides a report generation system, including a report generation module resident on the server. The module generates a report, beginning with accepting user criteria for generating a report from a front end system resident on a client computer. It then generates from the database a dataset corresponding to the first report and forwards the same to the client computer, and it displays the report generated from the first dataset. The module then reiterates the report generation steps to generate a second report, the first report remaining resident on the client computer.

Claims

1. A method of creating user-generated reports, comprising the steps of:

receiving information related to consumer internet behavior;

assembling the consumer information into a database having facts and dimensions, wherein the database resides on a server, the server being connected to a communications network;

providing a report generation system, including a report generation module resident on a server;

generating a report, including the steps of

accepting user criteria for generating a report from a front end system resident on a client computer;

generating from the database a dataset corresponding to the first report and forwarding the same to the client computer; and

displaying the report generated from the first dataset;

reiterating the report generation steps to generate a second report, the first report remaining resident on the client computer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated dataset is a data object resident on the client computer.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein reiterating the report generation steps generates a second dataset, resident on the client computer together with the first dataset.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated dataset is a data object resident on the server.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein reiterating the report generation steps generates a second dataset, resident on the server together with the first dataset.

4. A method of creating user-generated reports, comprising the steps of:

receiving information related to consumer internet behavior;

assembling the consumer information into a database having facts and dimensions, wherein the database resides on a server, the server being connected to a communications network;

providing a report generation system, including a report generation module resident on a server, and a remote report module, resident on a client computer;

generating a report, including the steps of

accepting user criteria for generating a report from a front end system resident on a client computer;

generating from the database a dataset corresponding to the first report and retaining the same on the server; and

displaying the report generated from the first dataset on the client computer under control of the remote report module;

reiterating the report generation steps to generate a second report, the first report remaining resident on the server.