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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
William F. Cody, San Jose, CA (US);
Vikas Krishna, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin T. Lessler, San Jose, CA (US);
William S. Spangler, San Martin, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Kreulen, San Jose, CA (US);
William F. Cody, San Jose, CA (US);
Vikas Krishna, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin T. Lessler, San Jose, CA (US);
William S. Spangler, San Martin, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Kreulen, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and structure for analyzing a database having non-text data in data fields and text in text fields. The invention first selects a subset of the database based upon criteria. The subset includes data field(s) and associated text field(s). The invention searches for data matching the criteria within structured data fields of the database. If the invention searches multiple databases, the invention creates shared dimensions for databases that do not share common attributes. The invention automatically selects a relatively short text phrase from the text fields that helps to explain the underlying meaning (i.e. unique text content) of a data subset selected using the non-text data fields.