Appeal No. 2002-1687
Application No. 09/188,712
INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and system for accumulating call
specific data for network communication and analyzing that data for a variety of
purposes, for example to identify network traffic patterns, to identify specific types of
users, etc. See page 1 of Appellants’ specification. Fig. 1 provides a high level
illustration of the function involved for traffic tracking. See page 15 of Appellants’
specification. The called details 5 are supplied through a database input procedure 50.
The procedure serves to format the data and load the called details into appropriate
tables into one or more relational databases 60. However, still further processing is
needed to allow analysis and output of the results in desired aggregate form. Data from
the relational database 60 is prepared and uploaded in a process 70 for input for On-
Line Analytical Processing (OLAP), which preferably takes the form of a multi-
dimensional database (MDDB) in an integrated presentation layer. See page 16 of
Appellants’ specification. The OLAP process 80 analyzes the prepared call details and
compiles data into reports, for output to a user’s terminal 9. The OLAP process
provides certain study management tools as well as the user interface. The OLAP
system 80 receives inputs and presents outputs via the user terminal 9, to set up study
models, to set-up specific studies using established models and to present study
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