Patent ID: 8375032

Claim:
A method of predicting object properties of a target object via receiving at least one query to processor search manager apparatus coupled to a plurality of databases comprising a micro-body assemblage database for one of pollen, charcoal, diatom and foraminifera and a frequency spectral database for objects coupled to the processor search manager apparatus, the processor search manager apparatus comprising a processor and memory, the method comprising: determining, responsive to the received query, a set of objects most similar to a target object, target object micro-body assemblage data or frequency spectral data being stored in the plurality of databases via said processor search manager apparatus for searching the plurality of databases comprising the micro-body assemblage database for one of pollen, charcoal, diatom and foraminifera and the frequency spectral database, applying at least one model to predict a property value of the target object, comparing hypothetical relationships involving the micro-body assemblage data or the frequency spectral data of the target object and a subset of the set of similar objects, and determining a probable relationship and one of a geographic location, origin or region property and an environmental property of the target object responsive to comparing the hypothetical relationships comprising predicting one of the geographic location, origin or region and the environmental property associated with the target object responsive to said determined probable relationship and said property value of the target object.