Patent ID: 6460031
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for creating and titling a report from a database storage mechanism comprising:means for providing a plurality of graphical icon first level objects depicting natural language text representing a first plurality of parameters; means for selecting at least two of said plurality of graphical icon first level objects to define at least two natural language statements; means for providing a plurality of graphical icon second level objects depicting natural language text representing a plurality of parameters which narrows at least one of said natural language statements; means for selecting at least one of said plurality of graphical icon second level objects; means for providing a plurality of graphical icon objects depicting natural language text representing a plurality of grammatical connectors; means for placing said graphical icon objects depicting natural language text, said at least two graphical icon first level objects, and said at least one graphical icon second level object in juxtaposition to each other to create a combined graphic representing said natural language statements; means for generating a MDX query based on said graphical icon objects depicting natural language text, said at least two graphical icon first level objects, and said at least one graphical icon second level object; means for communicating said MDX query to the database storage mechanism; means for returning a report for said MDX query; and means for using the combined graphic representing said natural language statements as a title for said report.