Patent ID: 8090696
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for assigning a score to a selected element in a first database having n elements D i , wherein i is an index variable within a range of 1≦i≦n, comprising steps of: subdividing, by a computer processor, an interval [0,1] into a plurality of EG equal intervals I  wherein EG comprises a quantity of a plurality of opinion parameters O defining, by the computer processor, the intervals I wherein k is an index variable with a range of 1≦k≦(EG−1); associating, by the computer processor, each of the intervals I representing, by the computer processor, each of the elements D wherein α u is a frequency of appearance of the corresponding opinion parameter O u in the elements D i of the first database with 1≦α u ≦(B−1), wherein B corresponds to a maximum frequency of appearance of all of the opinion parameters O u ; determining, by the computer processor, an integer value V determining, by the computer processor, an interval I determining, by the computer processor, a decimal value overall score N wherein r indicates a real value, e indicates an integer value, and d indicates a decimal value; searching, by the computer processor, a second database for a pairing of (element, decimal value overall score); and generating, by the computer processor, an alert when the pairing is found in the second database.