Method and apparatus of data comparison for statistical information content creation

• US 6,182,084 B1
• Filed: 05/26/1998
• Issued: 01/30/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CSI, Inc. (Integrated Services Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Williams Communications Incorporated
• Inventors: Davis, James, Buckley, Jamie, Cockrell, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Choules, Jack M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROBINSON, GRETA LEE
• Application Number:
  US09/084,760
• Time in Patent Office: 980 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1, 707/3, 707/6, 707/200, 707/201, 707/500, 707/517, 707/522, 707/523, 707/524, 707/104, 707/10, 707/203, 707/100
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/18 for evaluating statistical data , e.g. average values, frequency distributions, probability functions, regression analysis forecasting specially adapted for a specific administrative, business or logistic context G06Q10/04
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• 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

A method and apparatus of data comparison for statistical information content creation which will process and store raw data, compare the processed raw data with historical data and retrieve processed new content aggregated data with the raw data including a plurality of elements on real time statistical information about a sporting event. The invention includes a common computer network and a plurality of client devices connected to the common network. A server system connected to the common network includes a data storage device storing a plurality of databases including a first database and a second database, a memory device storing code for the system, a plurality of client devices coupled to the computer processor and a processor coupled to the data storage device and the memory device, the processor executing code for the system such that the system is operable to (a) receive raw data and convert the raw data into first formatted data (FFD); (b) route the FFD to the first database; (c) compare the FFD with historical data (HD) according to a set of predetermined rules and protocols in order to determine if a condition has been satisfied with the HD located in the second database; and (d) notify the plurality of client devices if the condition has been met and provide the new content aggregated data.

Claims

1. A data storage, retrieval and comparison system for processing and storing raw data, comparing said processed raw data with historical data and retrieving processed new content aggregated data, the raw data including a plurality of elements on real time statistical information about a sporting event, the system comprising:

(a) a common computer network;

(b) a plurality of client devices connected to the common network; and

(c) a server system connected to the common network having;

1) a data storage device storing a plurality of databases including a first database and a second database;

2) a memory device storing code for the system;

3) a plurality of client devices coupled to said computer processor;

4) a processor coupled to the data storage device and the memory device, the processor executing code for the system such that the system is operable to;

a) receive raw data and convert said raw data into first formatted data (FFD);

b) route said FFD to the first database;

c) compare said FFD with historical data (HD) according to a set of predetermined rules and protocols in order to determine if a condition has been satisfied, with said HD located in the second database; and

d) notify the plurality of client devices if said condition has been met and provide said new content aggregated data.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein each client device comprises:

a local central processing unit;

a display unit;

a set of computer instructions to receive and display FFD and HD; and

a set of computer instructions to request specific aspects of FFD and HD.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the code to operate the system further comprises code capable of:

notifying said code to compare the FFD with the HD that converted raw data is being routed to the first database.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the raw data further comprises:

real-time statistical information about a sporting event.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said data storage device further stores a third database and the code to operate the system further comprises code such that the system is operable to:

a. convert said raw data into second formatted data (SFD); and

b. route said SFD to the third database.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the raw data is the SFD and received from the second database.

7. A method of data comparison for processing raw data and comparing said processed raw data with historical data in order to create new content aggregated data by utilizing a data storage device storing a first database and a second database, a memory device storing code and a computer processor coupled to the data storage device and the memory device, the data comparison method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving said raw data;

(b) converting said raw data into first formatted data (FFD);

(c) routing the FFD to the first database; and

(d) comparing the FFD with historical data (HD) located in the second database according to a set of predetermined rules and protocols to determine if a specific condition has been met;

(e) notifying the processor of the specific condition if the specific condition has been met and providing said new content aggregated data to clients; and

(f) providing control signals to the computer processor to repeat steps (a)-(e) while more raw data exists for comparison.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising the steps of:

(a) after step (f) is complete, the FFD becomes part of the second database or recorded in formatting of new data.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the data storage device stores a third database, said method further comprising the steps of:

(a) converting said raw data into second formatted data (SFD); and

(b) routing the SFD to the third database.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the raw data is the SFD and received from the second database.