Object oriented data access and analysis system

• US 5,586,311 A
• Filed: 02/14/1994
• Issued: 12/17/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paicines Pinnacles LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: American Airlines Incorporated (American Airlines Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Davies, Kathleen M., Donaldson, Jeffery D., Livingston, Mikael H., Temprine, Luke J., Dayley, Darren B., Nasche, Angelo B., Kunichika, Mark M., Batchelor, David B., Bauerle, Bernhard O., Haripin, Nurman
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lintz, Paul R.
• Application Number:
  US08/196,412
• Time in Patent Office: 1,037 Days
• Field of Search: 395/600, 395/650, 395/700, 395/159, 395/161, 395/500
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/217 Database tuning G06F16/2282 takes precedence; database performance monitoring G06F11/3409
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/955 Object-oriented
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/959 Network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99934 Query formulation, input preparation, or translation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A system for accessing and analyzing data through a central processing unit. The system includes a non-modal user interface to provide a user access to the system. A number of application graphics objects allow the user to visually interact with a plurality of analysis objects through the non-modal user interface. The plurality of application analysis objects allow a user to interactively create an analysis network for analyzing one or more databases. A plurality of application data access objects interpret the analysis network and allow the system to access required databases and to generate structure query language required to access and analyze the databases as defined within the analysis network.

Claims

1. A system for accessing and analyzing data through a central processing unit, said system comprising:

a non-modal user interface for providing a user access to the system;

a plurality of application analysis objects for creating an analysis network, said analysis network comprised of user selected nodes and user interactively created connections where the nodes and connections determine the analysis of a selected database and including cross-orientation selection means for reanalyzing a new view of data at the same aggregate level and for generating a new analysis network path in response to the reanalysis;

a plurality of application graphics objects for interactively manipulating the plurality of analysis objects through the non-modal user interface; and

a plurality of application data access objects for accessing databases and for generating structured query language in response to the analysis network.

2. A system for accessing and analyzing data through a central processing unit, said system comprising:

a non modal user interface for providing a user access to the system;

a plurality of application analysis objects for creating an analysis network, said analysis network comprised of user selected nodes and user interactively selected connections where the nodes and connections determine the analysis of a selected database and including data drill down selection means for reanalyzing a new view of data at a lower aggregation level than an existing selection of data and for generating a new analysis network path in response to the reanalysis;

a plurality of application graphics objects for interactively manipulating the plurality of analysis objects through the non-modal user interface; and

a plurality of application data access objects for accessing databases and for generating structured query language in response to the analysis network.