Patent ID: 7966199

Claim:
A method for identifying a geographic condition zone, comprising: receiving a request for claim data, wherein the request comprises a predefined condition and a claim data source, and wherein the predefined condition is a parameter associated with claim data from the claim data source; generating, using a processor, a query based on the predefined condition and the claim data source; sending, using the processor, the query to the claim data source, wherein the claim data source executes the query to obtain filtered claim data; receiving, using the processor, a transmission comprising the filtered claim data from the claim data source, wherein the transmission is sent by the claim data source using a claim data transfer protocol, wherein the filtered claim data is associated with a plurality of users, and wherein the filtered claim data comprises location data; mapping, using the processor, the filtered claim data and the location data to appropriate locations in a geographic context to obtain mapped filtered claim data; transmitting, using the processor, the geographic context comprising the mapped filtered claim data; and identifying, using the processor, a geographic condition zone using the mapped filtered claim data, wherein the geographic condition zone corresponds to a geographic region that comprises a localized trend associated with the predefined condition.