Patent Document ID: 9002845
Application ID: 13783386
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for analyzing hierarchical data from at least two points in time, the method comprising: providing data representing nodes of a first hierarchy including a first node, providing data representing first attributes associated with the nodes of the first hierarchy, receiving data representing nodes of a second hierarchy including a second node that is a parent node to at least one of the nodes in the first hierarchy, receiving data representing second attributes associated with the nodes of the second hierarchy, at least some of the second attributes being the same as corresponding first attributes, providing at least one configurable set of criteria defining particular attributes from the first attributes and the second attributes, comparing the data representing the nodes of the second hierarchy to the data representing nodes of the first hierarchy, determining that the first node represents a particular position in the first hierarchy and that the second node represents another particular position in the second hierarchy similar to the particular position in the first hierarchy using the comparison of the data representing the nodes of the second hierarchy to the data representing nodes of the first hierarchy, generating a first set of new attributes using the comparison of the data representing the nodes of the second hierarchy to the data representing nodes of the first hierarchy, determining a combination using the first set of new attributes for each node below the second node of the second hierarchy for each particular attribute in the configurable set of criteria, and storing the combination.