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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1995
Tejwansh S Anand, Roswell, GA (US);
Michael A Georgantos, San Diego, CA (US);
Yih-Shiuan Hu, Alpharetta, GA (US);
James F Knutson, Roswell, GA (US);
Drew T Lettington, San Diego, CA (US);
Marshall P Lindsay, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan J Meyer, Riverside, CA (US);
Kenneth W O'Flaherty, Del Mar, CA (US);
Richard N Schubert, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter G Selfridge, Watchung, NJ (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A system and method for generating a report for a user which allows the user to make decisions, without requiring the user to understand or interpret data itself. An application within the system includes a graphical user interface (GUI) which allows the user to select and specify the parameters for the report, display the report, print the report, and save the report. A folder management subsystem allows the user to create a folder object for storing the report within the database, store the report within the folder object, and retrieve the report from the folder object using the GUI. A business information setup subsystem allows the user to create data types and create and constrain relationships between the data types. An analyst definition subsystem allows the user to select an analyst representing a method of analysis to use in generating the report using the GUI. Finally, a viewer module displays the report.