DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM

• US 20140173622A1
• Filed: 07/27/2012
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: British Telecommunications PLC (BT Group PLC)
• Original Assignee: British Telecommunications PLC (BT Group PLC)
• Inventors: Thompson, Simon Gilles
• Granted Patent: US 9,934,068 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5005 to service a request

Abstract

The present invention, provides a method of data analysis in which data subscriptions are defined and data for that subscription be collected for analytical purposes. Supplemental queries based on new information received can be generated automatically and old queries can be eliminated automatically on the basis that they are rendered obsolete in. terms of not providing novel information in comparison to other queries and their results not being used.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first data store (140), a communications interface to one or more further data stores (300), a resource allocation manager (120), a plurality of data subscriptions; and

one or more user terminals (400);

the system being configured, in use, such that;

the resource allocation manager selects one or more data subscriptions from the plurality of data subscriptions;

the selected one or more data subscriptions cause data to be selected from the one or more further data stores (300) and transferred to the first data store (140).

2. A system according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of user agents (150), the or each user agent being associated with one or more of the plurality of data subscriptions, the user agents being configured to, in use, transmit a bid for system resources for the one or more associated data subscriptions to the resource allocation manager.

3. A system according to claim 2, wherein the system resources may comprise data storage capacity and/or processing means capacity.

4. A system according to claim 1 further comprising one or more user terminals (400) for analysing the data associated with the selected one or more data subscriptions and transferred to the first data store (140).

5. A system according to claim 1 wherein the system is configured, in use, to periodically update the data associated with the selected one or more data subscriptions and transferred to the first data store (140).

6. A system according to claim 1 wherein the one or more data subscriptions are constructed from data relating to a social media network entity.

7. A system according to claim 6, wherein the data relating to a social media network entity may comprise one or more further social media entities.

8. A system according to claim 1 wherein the one or more data subscriptions comprise one or more keywords.

9. A method of analysing data, the method comprising the steps of:

i) defining a plurality of data subscriptions;

ii) a resource allocation manager selecting one or more of the plurality of data subscriptions;

iii) selecting data associated with the selected one or more data subscriptions; and

iv) transferring the data selected in step iii) to a first data store.

10. A tangible data carrier for use in a computing device, the data carrier comprising computer executable code which, in use, performs a method according to claim 9.