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Database origami

  • US 5,956,717 A
  • Filed: 02/06/1997
  • Issued: 09/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A database tool for hosting on a computer with data memory storage for databases and an execution unit for software programs, comprising:

  • a first database that includes connection logs and records of individual communication-network subscriber with a corresponding communication-network-subscriber address;

    a second database of data elements representing communication-network-subscriber addresses under a user'"'"'s scrutiny;

    first means for identifying each unique communication-network-subscriber address in the first database;

    second means for determining each of a plurality of communication-network-subscriber addresses in the second database of communication-network-subscriber addresses that are also included in the first database;

    third means for parsing said communication-network-subscriber addresses into connected component clusters;

    fourth means for computing a valence value for each communication-network-subscriber address;

    fifth means for computing a "distance" between any two communication-network-subscriber addresses that have evidently communicated with each other;

    sixth means for geometrically mapping said communication-network-subscriber addresses to points in a mapping space plane or volume relative to said distance computed by the fifth means; and

    seventh means for plotting and displaying said mapping plane or space to a user.

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