Determining relationships between data items and individuals, and dynamically calculating a metric score based on groups of characteristics
First Claim
1. A method of identifying groups of related characteristics, comprising:
- receiving, at a computer;
a plurality of data items, related to individuals;
a plurality of descriptors, identifying the individuals;
a plurality of characteristics, defining categories of the individuals; and
a metric;
calculating a first set of relationships between the data items and one or more of the individuals identified by the plurality of descriptors, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction;
calculating a second set of relationships between the characteristics and the data items, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction;
calculating a third set of relationships between the metric and the characteristics, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction;
identifying groups of one or more of the characteristics based on the second set of relationships and the third set of relationships;
dynamically calculating a metric score based on the identified groups; and
outputting the metric score.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and methods for correlating two items of interest, based on a plurality of data items and characteristics. The data items may include objective and quantitative data, as well as subjective and qualitative data. In one implementation, the relationship of an individual to a metric is determined. The system, apparatus, and methods may store characteristics describing individuals generally, along with metrics relevant to an organization; receive a plurality of data items; extract information associated with the individual from the data items; determine a number of relationships between the data items, individuals, metric, and characteristics; and use the relationships to determine an overall relationship between the individual and the metric, based on the data and characteristics. In addition, related groups of characteristics may be identified. Similarly, the relationships between any individual, metric, sub-metric, group of characteristics, data item, data source, characteristic, or groups thereof may also be determined.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of identifying groups of related characteristics, comprising:
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receiving, at a computer; a plurality of data items, related to individuals; a plurality of descriptors, identifying the individuals; a plurality of characteristics, defining categories of the individuals; and a metric; calculating a first set of relationships between the data items and one or more of the individuals identified by the plurality of descriptors, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction; calculating a second set of relationships between the characteristics and the data items, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction; calculating a third set of relationships between the metric and the characteristics, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction; identifying groups of one or more of the characteristics based on the second set of relationships and the third set of relationships; dynamically calculating a metric score based on the identified groups; and outputting the metric score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions which, when executed on a processor, perform a method of identifying groups of related characteristics, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computer; a plurality of data items, related to individuals; a plurality of descriptors, identifying the individuals; a plurality of characteristics, defining categories of individuals; and a metric; calculating a first set of relationships between data items and specific ones of the individuals identified by the plurality of descriptors; calculating second set of relationships between characteristics and data items, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction; calculating a third set of relationships between the metric and the characteristics, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction; identifying groups of one or more characteristics based on the second set of relationships and the third set of relationships; dynamically calculating a metric score based on the identified groups; and outputting the metric score. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A characteristic-based server to identify groups of related characteristics of individuals, the server comprising;
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a data collection module to gather data items from a plurality of data sources; a relationship analysis module to; calculate a first set of relationships between data items and specific ones of the individuals identified by the plurality of descriptors, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction; calculate a second set of relationships between the characteristics and data items, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction; calculate a sixth set of relationships between the individuals identified by the plurality of descriptors and the characteristics, based on one or more of the first set of relationships and one or more of the second set of relationships, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction; calculate a third set of relationships between the metric and the characteristics, wherein each relationship comprises a magnitude and direction; and dynamically calculate a metric score based on groups of characteristics; and a grouping module to identify groups of related characteristics based on one or more of the second set of relationships and one or more of the third set of relationships. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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