Progress notification supporting data mining

• US 7,031,978 B1
• Filed: 05/17/2002
• Issued: 04/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Kuntala, Pavani, Drescher, Gary, Campos, Marcos, Bhagwat, Chitra, Hornick, Mark F., Yarmus, Joe
• Primary Examiner(s): Choules, Jack M.
• Application Number:
  US10/146,821
• Time in Patent Office: 1,432 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1, 707/10, 707/103.R
• US Class Current: 707/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2465 Query processing support for facilitating data mining operations in structured databases
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99944 Object-oriented database structure

Abstract

The present invention relates to progress notification systems, computer program products and methods of operation thereof, that reports processing progress of data mining operations at regular periodic intervals. The system comprises: an input/output interface for exchanging information with a network; a memory for storing updated progress objects associated with the data mining operation as a set of data mining algorithms progress in processing; and a processor coupled to the input/output interface and the memory, the processor for performing the data mining operation, the data mining operation implementing the set of data mining algorithms; and generating a notification object for the data mining operation at a pre-determined interval, the notification object based on the progress objects at each of the pre-determined intervals.

Claims

1. A method of reporting operation progress for dispatched data mining operations, the method comprising:

performing a data mining operation, the data mining operation implementing a set of data mining algorithms;

storing at least one progress object for each data mining algorithm in the set of data mining algorithms at a first pre-determined interval as the set of data mining algorithms progress in processing; and

generating a notification object at a second pre-determined interval, the notification object based on the progress objects stored at the first pre-determined interval;

wherein the notification object defines a summary characterization of progress.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein generating the notification object includes accumulating the progress objects at the first pre-determined interval.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein each of the data mining algorithms in the set of data mining algorithms is associated with a set of progress objects.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein accumulating the progress objects includes determining a level of progress characterized by each of the progress objects to generate a summary characterization of progress.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the level of progress characterized by each of the progress objects is defined by a data mining algorithm in the set of data mining algorithms.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising converting the notification object into an XML string.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising enqueuing the XML string into a table.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing the XML string in response to a query of the table.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the query of the table includes an ID for a request to perform the data mining operation.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the progress objects characterize progress as any combination of:

percentage values, integer values, time values and explanatory text.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the notification object characterizes overall progress as any combination of:

percentage values, integer values, time values and explanatory text.

12. A system for reporting operation progress for dispatched data mining operations, the system comprising:

an input/output interface for exchanging information with a network;

a memory for storing at least one progress object for each data mining algorithm in the set of data mining algorithms at a first pre-determined interval as the set of data mining algorithms progress in processing; and

a processor coupled to the input/output interface and the memory, the processor for;

performing the data mining operation, the data mining operation implementing the one or more data mining algorithms; and

generating a notification object at a second pre-determined interval, the notification object based on the progress objects stored at the first pre-determined interval;

wherein the notification object defines a summary characterization of progress.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein generating the notification object includes the processor accumulating the progress objects at the first pre-determined interval.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein each of the one or more data mining algorithms is associated with at least one progress object.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein accumulating the progress objects includes the processor determining a level of progress characterized by each of the progress objects.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the level of progress characterized by each of the progress objects is defined by a one of the one or more data mining algorithms.

17. The system according to claim 12, further comprising the processor converting the notification object into an XML string.

18. The system according to claim 12, further comprising a database coupled to the input/output interface for enqueuing the XML string into a table.

19. The system according to claim 12, further comprising the database providing the XML string in response to a query of the table.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein the query of the table includes an ID for a request to perform the data mining operation.

21. The system according to claim 12, wherein the progress objects characterize progress as any combination of:

percentage values, integer values, time values and explanatory text.

22. The system according to claim 12, wherein the notification object characterizes overall progress as any combination of:

percentage values, integer values, time values and explanatory text.

23. A computer program product for reporting operation progress of dispatched data mining operations, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable medium;

computer program instructions, recorded on the computer readable medium, executable by a processor, for performing the steps of;

performing a data mining operation, the data mining operation implementing one or more data mining algorithms;

storing at least one progress object for each data mining algorithm in the set of data mining algorithms at a first pre-determined interval as the set of data mining algorithms progress in processing; and

generating a notification object at a second pre-determined interval, the notification object based on the progress objects stored at the first pre-determined interval;

wherein the notification object defines a summary characterization of progress.

24. The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein generating the notification object includes accumulating the progress objects the first pre-determined interval.

25. The computer program product according to claim 24, wherein each of the one or more data mining algorithms is associated with at least one progress object.

26. The computer program product according to claim 25, wherein accumulating the progress objects includes determining a level of progress characterized by each of the progress objects.

27. The computer program product according to claim 26, wherein the level of progress characterized by each of the progress objects is defined by a one of the one or more data mining algorithms.

28. The computer program product according to claim 23, further comprising computer program instructions for performing the step of converting the notification object into an XML string.

29. The computer program product according to claim 23, further comprising computer program instructions for performing the step of enqueuing the XML string into a table.

30. The computer program product according to claim 23, further comprising computer program instructions for performing the step of providing the XML string in response to a query of the table.

31. The computer program product according to claim 30, wherein the query of the table includes an ID for a request to perform the data mining operation.

32. The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the progress objects characterize progress as any combination of:

percentage values, integer values, time values and explanatory text.

33. The computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the notification object characterizes overall progress as any combination of:

percentage values, integer values, time values and explanatory text.