Patent ID: 8316012

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to: provide a plurality of query frames for generating continuous queries of multi-dimensional data stream, each query frame having associated metadata characterizing the query frame, and each query frame comprising a plurality of meta-sections with descriptive textual information about the query frame, the plurality of meta-sections including a meta-section that characterizes a past predetermined amount of time for which a continuous query associated with the query frame is evaluated; provide a query interface for formulating continuous queries of the multi-dimensional data streams, the multi-dimensional data streams comprising sequences of time-stamped data items or tuples across two or more dimensions that have a fixed schema or structure and arrive in a given time order, the continuous queries evaluating continuously as new data arrive on the multi-dimensional data streams; receive, via the query interface, user-generated input specifying search criteria; search for query frames having metadata matching the search criteria; populate, using at least one query frame having metadata matching criteria, the query interface to generate a plurality of continuous queries; execute the plurality of continuous queries against the multi-dimensional data streams; and modify the plurality of continuous queries at run-time.