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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Steven I. Ross, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Nishanth R. Sastry, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel M. Gruen, Newton, MA (US);
Susanne C. Hupfer, Lexington, MA (US);
John F. Patterson, Carlisle, MA (US);
James E. Christensen, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Stephen E. Levy, Honolulu, HI (US);
Steven I. Ross, South Hamilton, MA (US);
Nishanth R. Sastry, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniel M. Gruen, Newton, MA (US);
Susanne C. Hupfer, Lexington, MA (US);
John F. Patterson, Carlisle, MA (US);
James E. Christensen, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Stephen E. Levy, Honolulu, HI (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer method and system provides for graphical specification of inquiries and includes a corresponding progressive summary. The inquiries operate on stream data. Users graphically specify an inquiry in a graphical user interface according to an ontology. The invention system generates a plain-text translation of the graphical description of the inquiry and displays the generated plain-text description in a progressive summary in the graphical user interface. The system continually updates and generates the display of the plain-text description during user construction of the inquiry. This provides feedback to the user for improved construction of the inquiry.