Patent ID: 8073802
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. A method of searching for a rule-related entry in response to a request having a plurality of specified values, including: executing on one or more digital processors the steps of: (A) responding to the request by searching a rules base for a rule-related entry that corresponds to a plurality of associated values that match the plurality of specified values; (B) responding to a failed search in step (A) by searching a translation table using one of the plurality of specified values to identify an evaluatable expression which can be used to identify an alternative value based on the one of the plurality of specified values; (C) identifying the alternative value based on the evaluatable expression; (D) searching the rules base for a rule-related entry that corresponds to (i) one of the plurality of associated values that matches an additional one of the plurality of specified values, and (ii) the alternative value identified by the evaluatable expression in step (C); and (E) identifying a result of the searching in step (D).