Frederick A Powers

US Patent:

54427843, Aug 15, 1995

Filed:

Jun 17, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/078396

Inventors:

Frederick A. Powers - Sudbury MA
Stanley R. Zanarotti - Cambridge MA

Assignee:

Dimensional Insight, Inc. - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

395600

Abstract:

The subject invention is directed to a database system for organizing large amounts of data to be accessed by a digital computer. More particularly, a free form type database, in the form of a summarized, multikey tree, is built from files stored on the computer. After a building operation, the user obtains specified information by using the summarized database. Information in the files is divided into three categories; that is, a dimension field which comprises data to be organized, a summary field which comprises a numeric quantity on which calculations can be performed, and a non-summary field which comprises other information associated with an input record. The internal nodes of the tree summarize and organize sets of input records. Methods are provided for reducing the amount of storage space used by cutting off the tree when the size of sets go below a given threshold, and sharing parts of the tree so that each record does not appear n! times in the database.

US Patent:

54045126, Apr 4, 1995

Filed:

Jun 17, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/079248

Inventors:

Frederick A. Powers - Sudbury MA
Stanley R. Zanarotti - Cambridge MA

Assignee:

Dimensional Insight, Inc. - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G06F 1540

US Classification:

395600

Abstract:

The subject invention is directed to a database system for organizing large amounts of data to be accessed by a digital computer. More particularly, a free form type database, in the form of a summarized, multikey tree, is built from files stored on the computer. After a building operation, the user obtains specified information by using the summarized database. Information in the files is divided into three categories; that is, a dimension field which comprises data to be organized, a summary field which comprises a numeric quantity on which calculations can be performed, and a non-summary field which comprises other information associated with an input record. The internal nodes of the tree summarize and organize sets of input records. Methods are provided for reducing the amount of storage space used by cutting off the tree when the size of sets go below a given threshold, and sharing parts of the tree so that each record does not appear n! times in the database.

US Patent:

54045134, Apr 4, 1995

Filed:

Jun 17, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/079249

Inventors:

Frederick A. Powers - Sudbury MA
Stanley R. Zanarotti - Cambridge MA

Assignee:

Dimensional Insight, Inc. - Burlington MA

International Classification:

G06F 1540

US Classification:

395600

Abstract:

The subject invention is directed to a database system for organizing large amounts of data to be accessed by a digital computer. More particularly, a free form type database, in the form of a summarized, multikey tree, is built from files stored on the computer. After a building operation, the user obtains specified information by using the summarized database. Information in the files is divided into three categories; that is, a dimension field which comprises data to be organized, a summary field which comprises a numeric quantity on which calculations can be performed, and a non-summary field which comprises other information associated with an input record. The internal nodes of the tree summarize and organize sets of input records. Methods are provided for reducing the amount of storage space used by cutting off the tree when the size of sets go below a given threshold, and sharing parts of the tree so that each record does not appear n! times in the database.

US Patent:

52573656, Oct 26, 1993

Filed:

Mar 16, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/495360

Inventors:

Frederick A. Powers - Sudbury MA
Stanley R. Zanarotti - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

G06F 1540

US Classification:

395600

Abstract:

The subject invention is directed to a database system for organizing large amounts of data to be accessed by a digital computer. More particularly, a free form type database, in the form of a summarized, multikey tree, is built from files stored on the computer. After a building operation, the user obtains specified information by using the summarized database. Information in the files is divided into three categories; that is, a dimension field which comprises data to be organized, a summary field which comprises a numeric quantity on which calculations can be performed, and a non-summary field which comprises other information associated with an input record. The internal nodes of the tree summarize and organize sets of input records. Methods are provided for reducing the amount of storage space used by cutting off the tree when the size of sets go below a given threshold, and sharing parts of the tree so that each record does not appear n! times in the database.

US Patent:

20220292424, Sep 15, 2022

Filed:

Jun 3, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/805293

Inventors:

- Burlington MA, US
Frederick A. Powers - Sudbury MA, US
Daniel J. Jablonski - Stoneham MA, US
Matthew J. Gorman - Wellesley MA, US
George M. Dealy - Medfield MA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/06
G06F 16/00
G06F 16/26
G06F 3/048
G06F 3/0484

Abstract:

A measure factory for generating analytic measures includes data sets representing business activities arranged as columnar arrays with each column being associated with a distinct source rule that applies to the column when it is used as a data source. The measure factory includes factory rules that govern which operations on available data sources may be executed under what conditions in the measure factory, such as by taking into account the source rules and other applicable factory rules. A factory rule execution hierarchy governs the execution of ready factory rules that lack dependency on other factory rules before executing ready factory rules that have dependency on other factory rules. A script generation facility generates a script to process the plurality of factory rules according to the factory rule execution hierarchy.

US Patent:

20200175451, Jun 4, 2020

Filed:

Feb 10, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/786585

Inventors:

- Burlington MA, US
James Clark - Andover MA, US
Frederick A. Powers - Sudbury MA, US
Daniel J. Jablonski - Stoneham MA, US
Matthew J. Gorman - Wellesley MA, US
George M. Dealy - Medfield MA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/06
G06F 16/00
G06F 16/26
G06F 3/048
G06F 3/0484

Abstract:

A hospital operations measurement and performance analysis factory for generating analytic measures includes data sets representing business activities arranged as columnar arrays with each column being associated with a distinct source rule that applies to the column when it is used as a data source. The hospital operations measurement and performance analysis factory includes factory rules governing which operations on available data sources may be executed and under which conditions, such as by taking into account the source rules and other applicable factory rules. A factory rule execution hierarchy governs the execution of ready factory rules that lack dependency on other factory rules before executing ready factory rules that have dependency on other factory rules. An analytics measure rendering circuit facilitates flexibly presenting one or more measures of interest to a user/user role on a small form factor display.

US Patent:

20200012986, Jan 9, 2020

Filed:

Sep 16, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/571434

Inventors:

- Burlington MA, US
Frederick A. Powers - Sudbury MA, US
Daniel J. Jablonski - Stoneham MA, US
Matthew J. Gorman - Wellesley MA, US
George M. Dealy - Medfield MA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/06
G06F 3/0484
G06F 3/048
G06F 16/26
G06F 16/00

Abstract:

A measure factory for generating analytic measures includes data sets representing business activities arranged as columnar arrays with each column being associated with a distinct source rule that applies to the column when it is used as a data source. The measure factory includes factory rules that govern which operations on available data sources may be executed under what conditions in the measure factory, such as by taking into account the source rules and other applicable factory rules. A factory rule execution hierarchy governs the execution of ready factory rules that lack dependency on other factory rules before executing ready factory rules that have dependency on other factory rules. A script generation facility generates a script to process the plurality of factory rules according to the factory rule execution hierarchy.

US Patent:

20180181897, Jun 28, 2018

Filed:

Dec 28, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/856542

Inventors:

- Burlington MA, US
Frederick A. Powers - Sudbury MA, US
Daniel J. Jablonski - Stoneham MA, US
Matthew J. Gorman - Wellesley MA, US
George M. Dealy - Medfield MA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/06
G06F 17/30
G06F 3/048
G06F 3/0484

Abstract:

A measure factory for generating analytic measures includes data sets representing business activities arranged as columnar arrays with each column being associated with a distinct source rule that applies to the column when it is used as a data source. The measure factory includes factory rules that govern which operations on available data sources may be executed under what conditions in the measure factory, such as by taking into account the source rules and other applicable factory rules. A factory rule execution hierarchy governs the execution of ready factory rules that lack dependency on other factory rules before executing ready factory rules that have dependency on other factory rules. A script generation facility generates a script to process the plurality of factory rules according to the factory rule execution hierarchy.