Patent ID: 7636702
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of organizing a set of data the method comprising: applying, in a computing system, each of a plurality of classification types associated with a particular data analysis application, wherein each classification type comprises two or more options, to said set of data to form a plurality of option nodes, each representing a first subset of said set of data having a respective particular option associated with one of said classification types, wherein said set of data is associated with subjects to be studied by the data analysis application, wherein the data analysis application is to provide one or more characteristics of the subjects; and creating, in the computing system, one or more second subsets of said set of data according to one or more requirements associated with said data analysis application, said creating including representing at least one second subset as an intersection node representing an intersection of two or more of said option nodes, wherein each of said two or more of said option nodes corresponds to a different one of said classification types.