Patent Document ID: 9460074
Application ID: 13863223

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of parsing data using a plurality of pattern matching rules, the method comprising: parsing training data using a plurality of pattern matching rules; assigning a pattern matching rule as a parent rule of one or more child rules upon determining that failure of the parent rule to match the training data is a predictor of the one or more child rules failure to match the training data; receiving data as input to be parsed; and parsing the data using the plurality of pattern matching rules, the plurality of pattern matching rules organized according to a hierarchy including the parent rule and the one or more child rules of the parent rule, and wherein the parsing comprises: applying the parent rule to the data, determining the parent rule is unable to find a pattern match in the data, and bypassing application of each child rule to the data in response to the determination that the parent rule is unable to find a pattern match.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the parent rule encompasses at least a matching scope of each respective child rule, such that a failure to match the parent rule indicates a failure to match the data for each of the respective children.