Patent ID: 6553359
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G06F,G06N,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A computerized method of data mining for association rules and/or sequential patterns in a multitude of records using a data-mining technique that processes transaction-records only in transaction format, each said record in said multitude of records having a transaction identification and at least one transaction-item to be data-mined, said transaction-item being of a corresponding item-type, said multitude of records including transaction-items to be data-mined of different item-types, comprising the steps of:encoding each transaction-item to be data-mined and its corresponding item-type to form an encoded transaction-item, said encoded transaction-item consisting of a single encoded value; creating a transaction-record in transaction-format for each transaction-item to be data-mined, said transaction-record comprising the transaction-identification of the record containing said transaction-item to be data-mined and said single encoded value; and data-mining said transaction-records for association rules and/or sequential patterns using said data-mining technique.