Patent №
US 7,203,677
Granted
2007-04-10
Filed 2006
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
5
ml · nlp · kr · planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11326562
One embodiment of the invention provides method for processing a database query that includes an episode-based condition. The method includes determining the time periods associated with one or more duration episodes by analyzing a set of data reflecting values for the episode-based condition captured at various points in time. An episode definition may indicate the substantive data value associated with a duration based event, and the data values used to determine a beginning and ending date/time associated with each episode. Database queries that include the episode-based condition may be composed by specifying a desired value for the episode-based condition used in selecting query results.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 178200467
Assignors
DETTINGER, RICHARD D., DJUGASH, JUDY I., KOLZ, DANIEL P.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.