System and method for aggregation and monitoring of multimedia data stored in a decentralized way

• US 8,204,879 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2008
• Issued: 06/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Original Assignee: Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Inventors: Doyle, Philip W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kia, Arshia S
• Application Number:
  US12/314,292
• Publication Number:
  US 20100076962A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,289 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/727
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor

Abstract

System and method for aggregation and monitoring of multimedia data stored in a decentralized way for triggering upcoming class action events, whereas source databases of the network node are accessed by a filter module, and for at least one rating parameter in connection with assigned search key words and/or the assigned source databases with respect to a time-based rating and an exposure-based frequency rating a scorecard is generated with found data sets, and a parameterization module, based on the scorecard for the respective rating parameter with respect to their exposure-based frequency a variable frequency value is generated at least partially dynamically, which variable frequency value corresponds to network class action frequency variations, with respect to time, and a tracing unit based on a generated assigned distribution of the variable frequency values a predefined exposure threshold is triggered.

Claims

1. A method for aggregation and monitoring of multimedia data stored in a decentralized way, comprising:

triggering upcoming class actions or legal actions, one or more linkable search key words being stored in a memory, a computing unit accessing, via a network, network nodes connected to source databases, and data from the source databases being selected based on the search key words, the method comprising;

storing in a second memory at least one rating parameter, assigned to search key words or to a combination of search key words;

accessing, by a filter module of the computing unit, the source databases of the network node;

generating a scorecard with data sets found by the filter module, the scorecard including a time-based rating and an exposure-based frequency rating for each rating parameter and the assigned search key words;

dynamically generating a variable frequency value at least partially by a parameterization module, based on the scorecard for the respective rating parameter with respect to their exposure-based frequency, the variable frequency value corresponds to network class action frequency variations or legal action frequency variations, with respect to time; and

triggering a predefined exposure threshold by a tracing unit based on a generated assigned distribution of the variable frequency values, and a trigger signal is generated with respect to time and the variable frequency values and transmitted for activation to a receiving work unit.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the scorecard is stored, in a way accessible to a user, with the found data sets or links to found data sets in a content module of the computing unit.

3. The method according to one of claim 2, wherein the variable frequency values are periodically checked by the computing unit, and, if at least one of the variable frequency values lies outside a definable tolerated range of deviation or a determinable expected value, the corresponding scorecard with the found data sets or links to found data sets are stored in the content module of the computing unit accessible for a user or updated.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein one or more of the rating parameters are generated by a lexicographic evaluation database.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein one or more of the rating parameters are generated dynamically by the computing unit during the generation of the scorecard.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the trigger signal is transmitted as an activation signal to a derivative operation system automatically activating or blocking corresponding financial transactions.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the trigger signal is transmitted as an activation signal to an automated (re)insurance operation system automatically activating or blocking corresponding financial transactions.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein for generation of the variable frequency value or of the data of a content module, HTML, HDML, WML, VRML, or ASD are used.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein a user profile is created based on user information, user-specific optimized data being generated, by a repackaging module, based on the found data sets or links to the found data sets stored in a content module, taking into consideration the data of the user profile, which user-specific optimized data are stored in the content module of the computing unit in a way made available to the user.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein different user profiles for different communication devices of the user are stored, assigned to the user.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein data on user behavior are automatically captured by the computing unit, and are stored and assigned to the user profile.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein, by a history module, the values up to a definable past point in time are stored for each calculated variable frequency values.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the computing unit calculates expected values for a determinable frequency value, by an extrapolation module, based on the data of the history module for a definable future point in time, and stores them in a memory of the computing unit.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein triggering the predefined exposure threshold comprises aggregating a parametric stop index.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the parametric stop index comprises incrementing occurring class actions.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the parametric stop index is assigned to a parametric aggregated stop loss parameter for triggering automated damage intervention systems.

17. A system for aggregation and monitoring of multimedia data stored in a decentralized way, and triggering class actions or legal actions, comprising:

a computing unit;

a memory for storing one or more linkable search key words; and

network nodes connected to source databases, the source databases being connected bidirectionally over the network to the computing unit, wherein

the computing unit comprises a memory configured to store at least one rating parameter, the rating parameter being assignable to search key words or to a combination of search key words,

the computing unit comprises a filter module configured to generate a scorecard with data sets found in the source databases by the filter module, the scorecard including a time-based rating and an exposure-based frequency rating for each rating parameter and the assigned search key words,

the computing unit comprises a parameterization module configured to dynamically generate at least partially a variable frequency value based on the scorecard for the respective rating parameter, which variable frequency value is at least partially dynamically generatable based on the scorecard for the respective rating parameter with respect to their exposure-based frequency, and which variable frequency value corresponds to network class action frequency variations, with respect to time, and

the computing unit comprises a tracing unit, in which a predefined exposure threshold is triggerable based on a generated assigned distribution of the variable frequency values, and the trigger is carried out with respect to time and the variable frequency values.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the computing unit comprises a module for dynamic generation of one or more of the rating parameters during generation of the scorecard.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the scorecard is stored with the found data sets or links to found data sets in a content module of the computing unit in a way accessible to the user.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein, the computing unit checks the variable frequency values periodically, and, if at least one of the variable frequency values lies outside a definable tolerated range of deviation or a determinable expected value, the corresponding scorecard with the found data sets or links to found data sets is updatable in the content module of the computing unit.

21. The system according to claim 17, wherein the computing unit comprises a module for generation of the variable frequency value or of the data of a content module by HTML, HDML, WML, VRML, or ASD.

22. The system according to claim 17, wherein for each user, the computing unit includes a user profile with user information, whereby, based on the found data sets or links to the found data sets stored in a content module, user-specific optimized data are able to be generated by a repackaging module, taking into consideration the data of the user profile.

23. The system according to claim 22, wherein different user profiles for different communication devices of the user are stored assigned to the user.

24. The system according to claim 22, wherein data on user behavior are captured automatically by the computing unit and are storable and assigned to the user profile.

25. The system according to claim 17, wherein the computing unit comprises a history module, including for each calculated variable frequency values the values up to a definable past point in time, and on which the variable frequency values are accessible by communication devices.

26. The system according to claim 25, wherein the computing unit comprises an extrapolation module, by which expected values are calculable up to a future point in time definable by the user.

27. The system according to claim 17, wherein the predefined exposure threshold comprises an aggregated parametric stop index.

28. The system according to claim 27, wherein the parametric stop index comprises incremented occurring class action events.

29. The system according to claim 27, wherein the parametric stop index is assigned to a parametric aggregated stop loss parameter for triggering automated damage intervention systems.