Information Processing System

• US 20090172507A1
• Filed: 03/05/2009
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Choe, Howard C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,688,614 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/819
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/215 Improving data quality; Data cleansing, e.g. de-duplication, removing invalid entries or correcting typographical errors

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processing system is coupled to a number of sensors for receiving information generated by the sensors. The information processing system generates records from the received information and binds the records in a multi-dimensional structure including a temporal dimension and another dimension including other records that share a common criterion. The information processing system compares a particular record against other records to detect an abnormality of the particular record.

Claims

1. A computing system comprising:

an information processing system coupled to a plurality of sensors, the information processing system operable to;

receive information from the plurality of sensors;

generate a plurality of records from the received information, each of the plurality of records comprising an alphanumeric cipher;

bind, using the alphanumeric cipher, a first record of the plurality of records to a first subset of the plurality of records, the first subset sharing a common time period with the first record;

bind, using the alphanumeric cipher, the first record to a second subset of the plurality of records that share a common criterion with the first record, the second subset being organized according to a level of specificity; and

detect an abnormality of the first record by comparing the first record with the first subset or the second subset.

2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of records are stored in an extensible markup language (XML) structure.

3. A computing system comprising:

an information processing system coupled to a plurality of sensors, the information processing system operable to;

receive information from the plurality of sensors;

generate a plurality of records from the received information;

bind a first record of the plurality of records to a first subset of the plurality of records, the first subset sharing a common time period with the first record;

bind the first record to a second subset of the plurality of records that share a common criterion with the first record; and

detect an abnormality of the first record by comparing the first record with the first subset or the second subset.

4. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the information processing system is operable to organize the second subset of records according to a level of specificity.

5. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the information processing system is operable to generate an alphanumeric cipher for each of the plurality of records, the alphanumeric cipher binding the first record to the first subset and the second subset.

6. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the common criterion is a geo-spatial criterion.

7. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the common criterion is a contextual criterion.

8. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the information processing is operable to compare the first record with the first subset using a fading process.

9. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of records are stored in an extensible markup language (XML) structure.

10. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the information processing system is operable to translate information from the plurality of sensors into a common format.

11. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the information processing system comprises a normalcy reference generator that generates the common criterion.

12. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the information processing system is operable to predict a future event of the first record according to historical information of the second subset.

13. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the information processing system is operable to detect the abnormality of the first record by comparing the first record against one or more boundary thresholds.

14. The computing system of claim 3, wherein the information processing system is operable to derive information according to other information in the first subset or the second subset and store the derived information in the first record.

15. A method comprising:

receiving information from a plurality of sensors;

generating a plurality of records from the received information;

binding a first record of the plurality of records to a first subset of the plurality of records, the first subset sharing a common time period with the first record; and

binding the first record to a second subset of the plurality of records that share a common criterion with the first record; and

detecting an abnormality of the first record by comparing the first record with the first subset or the second subset.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein binding the first record to the second subset further comprises binding the first record to the second subset according to a level of specificity.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein binding the first record to the first subset and the second subset further comprises binding the first record to the first subset and the second subset using an alphanumeric cipher.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein binding the first record to a second subset of the plurality of records that share a common criterion further comprises binding the first record to a second subset of the plurality of records that share a geo-spatial criterion.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein binding the first record to a second subset of the plurality of records that share a common criterion further comprises binding the first record to a second subset of the plurality of records that share a contextual criterion.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein comparing the first record with the first subset further comprises comparing the first record with the first subset using a fading process.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising storing the plurality of records in an extensible markup language (XML) structure.

22. The method of claim 15, further comprising translating information from the plurality of sensors into a common format.

23. The method of claim 15, further comprising generating the common criterion using seed information.

24. The method of claim 15, further comprising predicting a future event of the first record according to historical information of the second subset.

25. The method of claim 15, wherein detecting the abnormality of the first record by comparing the first record against one or more boundary thresholds.

26. The method of claim 15, further comprising deriving information according to other information in the first subset or the second subset, and storing the derived information in the first record.