Patent Document ID: 7523137
Application ID: 11387173

Base Claim:
1. An event analysis system comprising: a network interface; an information database comprising articles received through the network interface from a first information source; a memory comprising: an event model comprising an event type and event attributes of the event type; an event detection engine; an event implication engine; an environment model comprising a first model entity and a focus entity, and a focus relationship from the focus entity to the first model entity; and a processor coupled to the memory and the network interface which is operable to: receive the articles; initiate execution of the event detection engine on the articles to detect an event involving the first model entity represented in the articles and apply the event model to generate an event object according to a common event structure which is independent of the first information source; initiate execution of the event implication engine on the event object to determine an inferred event on behalf of the focus entity in view of the focus relationship; and generate a display of the event and the inferred event: where the event implication engine recognizes that the focus relationship exists between the focus entity and the first model entity and responsively generates the inferred event due to detection of the event involving the first model entity, and creates a new event object from the inferred event; where the event object comprises: an event type field: an event type probability field; an importance field; and a public interest field; where the network interface receives a public interest level value and importance level value of the event; and where the event detection engine is configured to: store an event type value in the event type field that indicates an event type; store an event type probability field value in the probability field that indicates the probably that the event type has occurred; store the importance level value in the importance field that indicates the importance level of the event; and store the public interest level value in the public interest field that indicates the level of interest of the public in the event.

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Claim 4:
4. The event analysis system of claim 1 , where the processor is further operable to: apply the event implication engine to the new event object.