Patent ID: 8041126
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a control parameter relating to a level of detail associated with filtering a first portion of data; performing said filtering, at a processor utilizing device, of said first portion of data based upon said control parameter, said filtering of said first portion of data comprises a semantic-based filtering and at least one of a rule-based filtering, a statistical-based filtering, and a context-based filtering to perform a reduction of at least a portion of said first portion of data, wherein said control parameter relates to the semantic-based filtering and at least one of the rule-based filtering, the statistical-based filtering, and the context-based filtering; and providing a second portion of data that is smaller than said first portion of data based upon said filtering of said first portion of data, wherein said semantic-based filtering and at least one of said rule based filtering, statistical based filtering, and said context-based filtering each include at least one filter constraint related to an adjustable level of detail, and wherein said filter constraint is controlled at least partially by said control parameter.