Patent ID: 8583700

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for creating a date window for record selection, the method comprising: defining by a computer a set of parameters for calculating a date window for record selection, wherein the defined set of parameters comprises a number of units to backwards from a current unit and a number of units to be obtained, wherein the number of units to go backwards from the current unit represents a start of the date window and the number of units to be obtained represents a length of the date window; automatically detecting by the computer a current date; receiving by the computer input values corresponding to the defined set of parameters, from a user via a user interface; calculating and generating by the computer the date window based on the input values and the current date detected, wherein the start of the date window is determined by the received input value corresponding to the number of units to go backwards from the current unit and the length of the date window is determined by the received input value corresponding to the number of units to be obtained; providing by the computer the generated date window and data records associated with the generated date window to the user via the user interface; storing by the computer the received input values corresponding to the defined set of parameters; determining by the computer a periodic frequency for calculating and generating a date window based on the stored, received input values and the current date detected; automatically calculating by the computer and generating a date window based on the determined periodic frequency; and automatically providing by the computer to the user the calculated, generated date window and associated data records, based on the determined periodic frequency.