US 11,704,340 B2
Linking discrete dimensions to enhance dimensional analysis
Andrew Kenney, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Carlyn Evans, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Blue Yonder Group, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Blue Yonder Group, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,412.
Application 17/734,412 is a continuation of application No. 16/278,533, filed on Feb. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,321,356.
Application 16/278,533 is a continuation of application No. 12/409,180, filed on Mar. 23, 2009, granted, now 10,210,234, issued on Feb. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/038,904, filed on Mar. 24, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2022/0261422 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/28 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/283 (2019.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of linking one or more discrete dimensions through a use of a constructed multidimensional cube to improve performance of computer processing operations, the method comprising:
storing, by a computer, base data in a format comprising one or more dimension keys in a database;
providing, by the computer, a set of templates that define one or more rule sets, the one or more rule sets identify criteria in the base data for subsequent tagging;
comparing, by the computer, one or more records of the base data with the criteria of the one or more rule sets to determine whether the one or more records of the base data meet the criteria of the one or more rule sets;
tagging, by the computer, one or more records of the base data that meet the criteria of the one or more rule sets with one or more additional dimension keys;
aggregating, by the computer, a single resultant set comprising all of the one or more dimension keys and all of the one or more additional dimension keys;
constructing a multidimensional cube with the one or more original dimension keys and the one or more additional dimension keys, thereby reducing computational run time of the computer; and
storing the multidimensional cube in a storage device.