The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Jeffrey D. Saffer, Richland, WA (US);
Augustin J. Calaprist, Richland, WA (US);
Guang Chen, Richland, WA (US);
Vernon L. Crow, Richland, WA (US);
Jonathon D. McCall, Richland, WA (US);
Nancy E. Miller, San Diego, CA (US);
Philip J. Monroe, Johnstown, OH (US);
Lucille T. Nowell, Richland, WA (US);
Deborah A. Payne, Richland, WA (US);
Randall E. Scarberry, Richland, WA (US);
Lisa C. Stillwell, Richland, WA (US);
Sarah J. Thurston, Richland, WA (US);
Leigh K. Williams, Richland, WA (US);
Sean J. Zabriskie, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
A data import system enables access to data of multiple types from multiple data sources of different formats and provides an interface for importing data into a data analysis system. The interface enables a user to customize the formatting of the data as the data is being imported into a data analysis system. A user may select first user defined options for operating on a first data set received during a data importation process. An intermediate representation of the data set is generated based on the user first defined options. A user may specify second user defined options based on the intermediate representation during the data importation process. The second user defined options are processed to produce a final data representation of the data set to be used for analysis of the data. The intermediate representation may be a data table. The processing of a data set may include merging a first and second data set to produce the final data representation. The second user defined options may enable a user to select a basic operation for merging the data sets or to select a non-basic operation for merging the data sets. The basic operation may combine data sets in response to a user's selection of a first graphical interface control, and the non-basic operation may combine the data sets based on user selection of at least two graphical interface controls from a group of graphical interface controls.