Method, system, and program for an improved enterprise spatial system

• US 8,838,555 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2009
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CeleritasWorks, LLC (RGS Senior Management Group, LC)
• Original Assignee: The Paradigm Alliance, Inc.
• Inventors: Von Kaenel, Tim A., Dyrnaes, David Neil, Kumar, C. Suresh, Wayman, Jared Paul, Goodwin, Jonathan David, Trivelpiece, Craig Evan, Mihalich, Joseph, Jenkins, Anthony Page, Odom, Richard Hoyt Jr., Stier, Mark Andrew, Obee, Anne Janetta
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Yicun
• Application Number:
  US12/479,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20100114941A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,929 Days
• Field of Search: 707/694, 707/620, 707/802, 342/357.13, 701/208, 701/209, 340/990
• US Class Current: 707/694
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/30 Information retrievalDatabase structures therefor ; File system structures therefor data processing systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes G06Q
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

Disclosed is a method, system, and program for providing access to spatial data. A request for data is received. Enterprise and third party data are integrated. The integrated data is processed. Spatially referenced results are generated using the processed data. The spatially referenced results are returned in response to the request.

Claims

1. An enterprise spatial system comprising:

a processor; and

storage coupled to the processor, wherein the storage stores a computer program, and wherein the processor executes the computer program to perform operations, wherein the operations comprise;

managing storage and retrieval of geospatial data for an area of interest, first enterprise data, and second enterprise data, wherein the first enterprise data and the second enterprise data each include at least one of sales data, marketing data, employee data, customer data, and asset data;

geocoding the first enterprise data and the second enterprise data by associating longitude values and latitude values with the first enterprise data and the second enterprise data;

generating a first image for the geospatial data;

generating a second image for the geocoded first enterprise data;

generating a third image for the geocoded second enterprise data; and

in response to a query, returning the first image, the second image, and the third image, wherein the first image, the second image, and the third image are overlaid based on a user requested order and based on longitude values and latitude values of the geospatial data, the geocoded first enterprise data, and the geocoded second enterprise data to provide the at least one of the of sales data, the marketing data, the employee data, the customer data, and the asset data for the area of interest.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating the first image from a first data layer for the geospatial data;

generating the second image from a second data layer for the geocoded first enterprise data; and

generating the third image from a third data layer for the geocoded second enterprise data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, at a client system, the first image, the second image, and the third image; and

forming a composite image by overlaying the first image, the second image, and the third image based on the user requested order and based on the longitude values and the latitude values of the geospatial data, the geocoded first enterprise data, and the geocoded second enterprise data.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the enterprise spatial system is configured to receive the query from a client system and to return the first image, the second image, and the third image to the client system.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an input corresponding to the query, the input comprising at least one of a city, county, state, zip code, longitude and latitude, name of place, and previously saved area.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the area of interest is defined by a smallest square that envelops a buffered area around a street address.

7. A method, comprising:

managing, using a processor of a computer, storage and retrieval of geospatial data for an area of interest, first enterprise data, and second enterprise data, wherein the first enterprise data and the second enterprise data each include at least one of sales data, marketing data, employee data, customer data, and asset data;

geocoding the first enterprise data and the second enterprise data by associating longitude values and latitude values with the first enterprise data and the second enterprise data;

generating a first image for the geospatial data;

generating a second image for the geocoded first enterprise data;

generating a third image for the geocoded second enterprise data; and

in response to a query, returning the first image, the second image, and the third image, wherein the first image, the second image, and the third image are overlaid based on a user requested order and based on longitude values and latitude values of the geospatial data, the geocoded first enterprise data, and the geocoded second enterprise data to provide the at least one of the of sales data, the marketing data, the employee data, the customer data, and the asset data for the area of interest.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating the first image from a first data layer for the geospatial data;

generating the second image from a second data layer for the geocoded first enterprise data; and

generating the third image from a third data layer for the geocoded second enterprise data.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, at a client system, the first image, the second image, and the third image; and

forming a composite image by overlaying the first image, the second image, and the third image based on the user requested order and based on the longitude values and the latitude values of the geospatial data, the geocoded first enterprise data, and the geocoded second enterprise data.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the enterprise spatial system is configured to receive the query from a client system and to return the first image, the second image, and the third image to the client system.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an input corresponding to the query, the input comprising at least one of a city, county, state, zip code, longitude and latitude, name of place, and previously saved area.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the area of interest is defined by a smallest square that envelops a buffered area around a street address.

13. An article of manufacture comprising storage for storing a computer program, wherein the computer program is executable by a processor of a computer to perform operations, the operations comprising:

managing storage and retrieval of geospatial data for an area of interest, first enterprise data, and second enterprise data, wherein the first enterprise data and the second enterprise data each include at least one of sales data, marketing data, employee data, customer data, and asset data;

geocoding the first enterprise data and the second enterprise data by associating longitude values and latitude values with the first enterprise data and the second enterprise data;

generating a first image for the geospatial data;

generating a second image for the geocoded first enterprise data;

generating a third image for the geocoded second enterprise data; and

in response to a query, returning the first image, the second image, and the third image, wherein the first image, the second image, and the third image are overlaid based on a user requested order and based on longitude values and latitude values of the geospatial data, the geocoded first enterprise data, and the geocoded second enterprise data to provide the at least one of the of sales data, the marketing data, the employee data, the customer data, and the asset data for the area of interest.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating the first image from a first data layer for the geospatial data;

generating the second image from a second data layer for the geocoded first enterprise data; and

generating the third image from a third data layer for the geocoded second enterprise data.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, at a client system, the first image, the second image, and the third image; and

forming a composite image by overlaying the first image, the second image, and the third image based on the user requested order and based on the longitude values and the latitude values of the geospatial data, the geocoded first enterprise data, and the geocoded second enterprise data.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 13 wherein the enterprise spatial system is configured to receive the query from a client system and to return the first image, the second image, and the third image to the client system.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an input corresponding to the query, the input comprising at least one of a city, county, state, zip code, longitude and latitude, name of place, and previously saved area.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 13, wherein the area of interest is defined by a smallest square that envelops a buffered area around a street address.