Patent ID: 6421665
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-implemented system for performing data mining applications, comprising:(a) a computer having one or more data storage devices connected thereto, wherein a relational database is stored on one or more of the data storage devices; (b) a relational database management system, executed by the computer, for accessing the relational database stored on the data storage devices; and (c) an analytic application programming interface (API), executed by the computer, that generates a data reduction function performed directly within the relational database management system, wherein the data reduction function comprises a dynamically generated query executed by the relational database management system that is comprised of combined phrases with substituting values therein based on parameters supplied to the analytic API, and the data reduction function builds at least one matrix within the relational database management system from data stored in the relational database.