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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:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2000
Li-wen Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Li-Wen Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
MetaEdge Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
According to the invention, techniques for visualizing customer data contained in databases, data marts and data warehouses. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention provides a system for graphically analyzing relationships in data from one or more data sources of an enterprise. The system can be used with many popular visualization tools, such as On Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) tools and the like. The system is especially useful in conjunction with a meta-model based technique for modeling the enterprise data. The enterprise is typically a business activity, but can also be other loci of human activity. Embodiments according to the invention can display data from a variety of sources in order to provide visual representations of data in a data warehousing environment.