Patent ID: 8051084
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for identifying interesting characteristics within a collection of information, the method comprising the acts of: analyzing, by a computer system a collection of information for at least one identifying characteristic; measuring, by the computer system, distinctiveness of a set based on a statistical distribution of the at least one identifying characteristic, wherein the set comprises a plurality of elements within the collection of information, and wherein the plurality of elements are associated with the at least one identifying characteristic; identifying, by the computer system, a variation in the measurement of distinctiveness of the set with respect to at least one additional dimension, wherein the act of identifying the variation in the measurement of distinctiveness of the set includes determining a change in the measurement of distinctiveness for the set relative to a range of values for the at least one additional dimension; and grouping, by the computer system, at least one element of the collection of information based on the identified variation of the measurement of distinctiveness of the set.