Patent ID: 9165052
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F,G16B

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising a data storage system and a processor and further comprising instructions for performing a method of clustering a first query datapoint x 1 to a first cluster comprising a first cluster center, wherein the first query datapoint and the first cluster center are selected from a plurality of datapoints in space and wherein each of the datapoints is characterized by a density and wherein the plurality of datapoints further comprises datapoints assigned to one or more clusters other than the first cluster, the method comprising (a) determining a first trace of the first query datapoint to the first cluster center, wherein the first trace comprises n datapoints selected from the plurality of datapoints and wherein n is an integer, the determining step comprising: (b) assigning the first query datapoint to the first cluster, wherein the determining and the assigning are performed using the computer system.