| US 7,590,658 B2 | ||
| System, software and method for examining a database in a forensic accounting environment | ||
| Yogesh Bahl, Port Chester, N.Y. (US); Bruce Gavioli, Little Silver, N.J. (US); and Joseph Looby, Montclair, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Deloitte Development LLC, Hermitage, Tenn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 13, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/226,906. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/614769, filed on Sep. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0173812 A1, Aug. 03, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—104.1 [707/200] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A computerized method for conducting a forensic examination of multi-dimensional data stored in a database, comprising
the steps of:
providing multidimensional data in a database accessible to software having real-time data interrogation functionality, the
software adapted to analyze different dimensions of the data and to identify at least one of patterns and relationships among
the data,
categorizing the data into at least one preselected category,
loading at least one template defining at least one data analysis attribute preselected to indicate at least one of significant
and anomalous data into the software,
effecting multi-dimensional data analysis on the data in real-time based on the at least one preselected template attribute,
creating at least one profiles defining at least one map to the database to facilitate navigation through the analyzed data,
navigating through the analyzed data in the direction of decreasing dimensions of the data based on the at least one profile,
and identifying at least one aspect of the data that is at least one of significant and anomalous; and
generating at least one of summary statistics and summary metrics on the data stored in the database, wherein at least one
of said providing, categorizing, loading effecting, creating and navigating steps is effected using a data processor.
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