Patent ID: 7992782

Claim:
A machine-implemented method residing in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and to execute on a machine, comprising: deriving, by the machine, metadata from a first data store table having a first format and from a second data store table having a second format; associating, by the machine, a fraud case with a query and the metadata; processing, by the machine, the query against the first data store table and the second data store table; and presenting, by the machine, results from the query as a customized view to a fraud investigator; and the results are presented according to attributes identified in the metadata, the metadata including preferences and profiles defined by a user and contact information associated with the user, the metadata also including repository information having a schema for a repository data store table that houses the results and for reporting the results, the repository information identifies the first and second data store tables and the query that is associated with a fraud pattern for the fraud case, the metadata also includes a template schema for a template that is accessed by the fraud investigator for the fraud case, the metadata having presentation information that defines the customized view for and interfaces associated with the fraud investigator and the fraud case, the presentation information permitting data from the first and second data store tables to be presented in a single generic data store table as the customized view for the fraud investigator.