Patent Document ID: 7792774
Application ID: 11678965

Base Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for inferring a probability of a first inference relating to a chaotic event, the computer implemented method configured by a data processing system comprising a database and comprising: receiving a query at the database regarding a fact related to the chaotic event, wherein the first inference is absent from the database, wherein the database comprises a plurality of divergent data, wherein the plurality of divergent data includes a plurality of cohort data, wherein each datum of the database is conformed to the dimensions of the database, wherein each datum of the plurality of data has associated metadata and an associated key, wherein the associated metadata comprises data regarding cohorts associated with the corresponding datum, data regarding hierarchies associated with the corresponding datum, data regarding a corresponding source of the datum, and data regarding probabilities associated with integrity, reliability, and importance of each associated datum, wherein the database further comprises a plurality of events that are modeled using a fact table with a compound primary key; establishing, by the data processing system, the fact as a frame of reference for the query; applying, by the data processing system, a first set of rules to the query, wherein the first set of rules are determined for the query according to a second set of rules and prioritized, wherein the first set of rules determine how the plurality of data are to be compared to the fact, and wherein the first set of rules determine a search space for the query; executing, by the data processing system, the query to create the probability of the first inference, wherein the probability of the first inference is determined from comparing the plurality of data according to the first set of rules; and storing, by the data processing system, the probability of the first inference, wherein the apply and executing steps repeat until a threshold is reached, wherein a given probability associated with a given inference that is created during a given executing step and the given inference are used as a new fact in a subsequent performance of the applying and executing steps, wherein the new fact is a compound fact that includes multiple sub-facts.

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Claim 2:
2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the chaotic event is selected from the group consisting of an explosion, a shooting, a gun battle, deployment of a weapon of mass destruction, a storm, a hurricane, a tornado, an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, an impact of an extraterrestrial object, a fire, a flood, a tidal wave, a toxic spill, a nuclear meltdown, an infestation of insects, a plague, a disruption of communication systems, a disruption of the Internet, a disruption of economic systems, a riot, an incidence of food poisoning, a mud slide, a rock slide, an avalanche, and combinations thereof.