Expanding attribute profiles
First Claim
1. A computer, said computer including a display driver device, a memory, a central processor, and computer readable media with executable instructions thereon, for expanding attribute profiles to increase the strength of association between a query attribute and a set of attribute profiles associated with query-attribute-positive individuals, comprising:
- a) means for receiving a query attribute which identifies, within an initial set of attribute profiles contained in said computer memory, a 1st dataset comprising a set of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles associated with query-attribute-positive individuals and a set of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles associated with query-attribute-negative individuals;
b) means for identifying a 1st subgroup of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles from the 1st dataset of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles and a 2nd subgroup of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles from the 1st dataset of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles;
c) means for generating a 1st set of one or more attribute combinations by sequential comparison of each of the 1st dataset of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles with each of the 1st dataset of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles;
d) means for determining a 1st statistical result indicating strength of association of the query attribute with an attribute combination having a higher frequency of occurrence in the 1st subgroup of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles than in the 2nd subgroup of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles;
e) means for expanding one or more attributes in the 1st subgroup of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles and one or more attributes in the 2nd subgroup of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles to generate a 3rd subgroup of expanded query-attribute-positive attribute and a 4th subgroup of expanded query-attribute-negative attribute profiles wherein expanding one or more attributes results in the creation of attributes not initially contained within the set of attribute profiles;
f) means for generating a 2nd set of attribute combinations by sequential comparison of each of the 3rd subgroup of expanded query-attribute-positive attribute profiles with each of the 4th subgroup of expanded query-attribute-negative attribute profiles;
g) means for determining a 2nd statistical result indicating strength of association of the query attribute with an attribute combination from the 2nd set of attribute combinations which has a higher frequency of occurrence in the 3rd subgroup of expanded query-attribute-positive attribute profiles than in the 4th subgroup of expanded query-attribute-negative attribute profiles; and
h) means for storing within said computer memory, based on the attribute combination of step (g) when the 2nd statistical result is higher than the 1st statistical result, a 3rd set of expanded query-attribute-positive attribute profiles associated with the query-attribute-positive individuals and a 4th set of expanded query-attribute-negative attribute profiles associated with the query-attribute-negative individuals.
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Abstract
A method and system for expanding attribute profiles are presented in which primary attributes from one or more attribute profiles are used to derive secondary attributes which are added to the respective attribute profiles to generate expanded attribute profiles. The expanded attribute profiles are generated to increase the strength of association of a query attribute with one or more attribute profiles associated with query-attribute-positive individuals.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer, said computer including a display driver device, a memory, a central processor, and computer readable media with executable instructions thereon, for expanding attribute profiles to increase the strength of association between a query attribute and a set of attribute profiles associated with query-attribute-positive individuals, comprising:
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a) means for receiving a query attribute which identifies, within an initial set of attribute profiles contained in said computer memory, a 1st dataset comprising a set of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles associated with query-attribute-positive individuals and a set of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles associated with query-attribute-negative individuals; b) means for identifying a 1st subgroup of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles from the 1st dataset of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles and a 2nd subgroup of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles from the 1st dataset of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles; c) means for generating a 1st set of one or more attribute combinations by sequential comparison of each of the 1st dataset of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles with each of the 1st dataset of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles; d) means for determining a 1st statistical result indicating strength of association of the query attribute with an attribute combination having a higher frequency of occurrence in the 1st subgroup of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles than in the 2nd subgroup of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles; e) means for expanding one or more attributes in the 1st subgroup of query-attribute-positive attribute profiles and one or more attributes in the 2nd subgroup of query-attribute-negative attribute profiles to generate a 3rd subgroup of expanded query-attribute-positive attribute and a 4th subgroup of expanded query-attribute-negative attribute profiles wherein expanding one or more attributes results in the creation of attributes not initially contained within the set of attribute profiles; f) means for generating a 2nd set of attribute combinations by sequential comparison of each of the 3rd subgroup of expanded query-attribute-positive attribute profiles with each of the 4th subgroup of expanded query-attribute-negative attribute profiles; g) means for determining a 2nd statistical result indicating strength of association of the query attribute with an attribute combination from the 2nd set of attribute combinations which has a higher frequency of occurrence in the 3rd subgroup of expanded query-attribute-positive attribute profiles than in the 4th subgroup of expanded query-attribute-negative attribute profiles; and h) means for storing within said computer memory, based on the attribute combination of step (g) when the 2nd statistical result is higher than the 1st statistical result, a 3rd set of expanded query-attribute-positive attribute profiles associated with the query-attribute-positive individuals and a 4th set of expanded query-attribute-negative attribute profiles associated with the query-attribute-negative individuals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer, said computer including a display driver device, a memory, a central processor, and computer readable media with executable instructions thereon, for expanding an attribute profile to increase the strength of association between a query attribute and the attribute profile, comprising:
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a) means for accessing, within said computer memory, an attribute profile containing a set of primary attributes having associated time stamps; b) means for generating a set of expanded secondary attributes from the set of primary attributes based on a calculation relating to the time stamps associated with the primary attributes and a primary attribute itself, wherein the set of expanded secondary attributes resulting from the calculation were not contained within the primary attribute profile and result in a higher strength of association between a query attribute and an attribute profile containing the set of expanded secondary attributes than between the query attribute and an attribute profile containing only the set of primary attributes; and c) means for storing, within said computer memory, the set of secondary attributes in association with the attribute profile to create an expanded attribute profile. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer system, including a data entry device, a display driver device, a memory, a central processor, and computer readable media with executable instructions thereon for operating a machine for expanding attribute profiles to increase the strength of association between a query attribute and a set of attribute profiles associated with query-attribute-positive individuals, comprising:
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a) a data receiving subsystem means for receiving a query attribute through said data entry device; b) a data accessing subsystem means for accessing in said memory; i) a set of attribute profiles associated with a group of query-attribute-positive individuals; ii) a set of attribute profiles associated with a group of query-attribute-negative individuals; c) a data processing subsystem comprising a data conversion subsystem means set forth in said computer readable media for expanding one or more attributes in the set of attribute profiles associated with the group of query-attribute-positive individuals and one or more attributes in the set of attribute profiles associated with the query-attribute-negative individuals to create a set of expanded attribute profiles associated with the group of query-attribute-positive individuals and a set of expanded attribute profiles associated with the group of query-attribute-negative individuals, wherein neither set of expanded profiles existed in the original attribute profiles; d) a statistical computation subsystem means set forth in said computer readable media for; i) calculating a first statistical result indicating strength of association of the query attribute with an attribute combination having a higher frequency of occurrence in the set of attribute profiles associated with the group of query-attribute-positive individuals than in the set of attribute profiles associated with the group of query attribute-negative individuals; ii) calculating a second statistical result indicating strength of association of the query attribute with an attribute combination having a higher frequency of occurrence in the set of expanded attribute profiles associated with the group of query-attribute-positive individuals than in the set of expanded attribute profiles associated with the group of query-attribute-negative individuals; and e) a data storage subsystem means set forth in said computer readable media for storing, when the second statistical result is higher than the first statistical result, the expanded attribute profiles associated with the group of query-attribute-positive individuals and the expanded attribute profiles associated with the group of query-attribute-negative individuals.
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