Patent ID: 8682825
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for analyzing a plurality of reports, said system comprising: a change detection module on a processor that predicts results of future reports based on past reports and identifying a first report that deviates from its predicted results; a dependency analysis module on a processor, said dependency analysis module connected to said change detection module, said dependency analysis module performs a usage analysis, the usage analysis identifies at least one report that has previously been analyzed by an a human analyst, the report that has previously been analyzed by the human analyst having been requested by the human analyst in response to the identifying of the first report as deviating from its predicted results, the usage analysis, subsequent to said identifying at least one report that has previously been analyzed by a human analyst, labels the first report and the at least one report analyzed by the human analyst as sharing a dependency based on the fact that said at least one report that has previously been analyzed by a human analyst was requested by the human analyst in response to said identifying of the first report.