Patent ID: 6915308

Claim:
In a computer-assisted information analysis system employing data operators including search terms and filters, a method for analyzing information from a data source, comprising: selecting one or more data sources, wherein said data sources contain at least one of the group consisting of a text file, audio file, video file, graphic file, and picture file; selecting a plurality of said data operators for analyzing information; linking said plurality of said data operators together in a network; creating a visual representation of said network; detecting whether said data source is a data stream or a database; evaluating said operators against at least said database when said data source includes one or more databases and evaluating a data unit against said data operators when said data source includes one or more data streams; and creating a plurality of output indicators corresponding to each of said operators on said visual representation of said network, wherein said output indicators visually represent a quantified output of said corresponding data operators.