DATA REFINERY®

Since 1995, Data Refinery® has been quickly transforming large information sets into quality, actionable intelligence ready for further analytics as well as immediate corporate decision making.

A leader in systems software and services for over two decades, Data Refinery® brings ease to data collection, processing, and presentation.

HOW IT HELPS

Data Refinery helps to clean and organize your business processes, information, and needs.  Data Refinery helps to visualize information and turn chaos into insight by identifying patterns and predicting future trends.   Data Refinery products and services help you understand the big picture as well as minute details as desired, and to understand not only the best course of action, but the timing for same.

WHAT IT DOES

Our software and services connect and combine challenging information sources and establish relationships to solve problems though analysis.  Data Refinery identifies data patterns, anomalies, and subtle but statistically relevant changes to information sets over time.    It does this by organizing, repairing, cleaning, validating, and analyzing data, while providing multiple ways to do so at each step.

Data Refinery Software

Software offerings include: database searching; mining and analytics; network design and storage; information and retrieval; systems automation; information collection, storage, retrieval, organizing, updating, bookmarking, and sharing; statistical reporting; automatic notifications, reports, and actions; event and information logging; security; XML and API support

Data Refinery Services

Service offerings include: information warehousing, storage, migration and conversion; design of information graphics and visualization materials; analyzing and compiling business information; business analytics; schema design; business information services; information  collection and access; custom web pages and UI/UX design; XML and API support; electronic information exchange; internet access (for customers purchasing other software and services); remote file access; security; training;

  • Almost all Data Refinery software offerings are also available as a service, and almost all service offerings are available for software system and module software sales.

Data Refinery®

Representative Projects

IP Badger™

IP Badger™ is a SAAS offering providing advanced intellectual property management services focused on advanced USPTO file update notifications, docketing, and searching. It is currently in ‘beta’ status as we continuously improve it, though is already used by numerous law firms and corporate users across the country.

Auction Ace® – Pinata.com

Auction Ace® presents a series of advanced search tools aimed at museums, galleries, and advanced collectors.  Customized subscription based services utilize advanced AI to scour the Internet’s various auction and for sale marketplaces for treasures that fit within a specific collection.  A free, public offering at https://www.pinata.com/ (previously on Ace.com) displays true collectible auctions on eBay® sorted by how many people are watching specific lots, while avoiding tens of millions of common and newly manufactured mass-market items.

DREDGE™

DREDGE™, (Domain Reconnaissance Employing Data Gathering Engines™) launched to track the growth of the Internet and domain registrations.  For many years, it tracked every single .com, .org, and .net domain on the Internet on a daily basis. Data Refinery started here!

Data Refinery Log Analyzer

The Data Refinery Log Analyzer created useful and actionable information from oceans of web traffic logs.  This bulk of this project is not currently being advanced as Google Analytics and many other providers are doing a good job focusing on this niche.  However, aspects of this work remain in our security work.

GEO Location

Data Refinery technology was used by Pets.com (of ‘Dot.Com’ fame) at least as early as 1998 to serve results by end use request for local veterinarians and more.  Similar technology has been provided by the Data Refinery to numerous other web sites needing geo location services to enhance customer experiences and for web site security auditing.

Nationwide Senior Care Quality

In the late 1990s, a service on nursing home and senior care service quality was publicly launched.  It is no longer on-line, as the U.S. Federal government now publishes the information effectively itself.

Internet Advertising

By 2000, Data Refinery technology was rapidly growing with the rise of Internet advertising.  Data Refinery technology optimized ad display for hundreds of millions of impressions.

Community Maps

The Museum of the Game utilizes other Data Refinery technology, including as part of its Vintage Arcade Preservation Society census project: https://www.arcade-museum.com/members/location/Texas

Search Engine Improvements

Data Refinery technology is used by a leading stock footage house to optimize search engine results.  The technology outputs results based on several factors beyond user input.

Hospital Medical Costs

A complete U.S. Nationwide Hospital and Procedures cost service is presented online at http://www.doctors.org.

Patent Search

Data Refinery Patent Search is specific technology that was developed for a specific end-user purpose.

Industry Research

Industry analysis reports based on sales, companies in business, product releases, and changes in technology are created and customized as requested.  An example of some non-proprietary reports can be found on the Museum of the Game® web site at: https://www.arcade-museum.com/statistics/videogame-title-frequency

Behavior Analysis and Prediction Engine

Data Refinery technology tracked buyer behavior and identified distinct buyer clusters by determining subtle links and similarities between otherwise independent buyers.

Data Refinery®

History and Milestones

  • 1995

    Data Refinery® was created by WebMagic® in 1995. Its founding project was called DREDGE (Domain Reconnaissance Employing Data Gathering Engines), the first application that watched Internet domain name registrations, registrants, and domain use.

  • 1996

    In April 1996 Data Refinery launches it’s first web site.  In May 1996, Data Refinery reached out to the public with the launch of DataRefinery.com (and Data-Refinery.com).  At this time, Data Refinery’s services expanded from data mining to marketing services, including that of promoting other web sites.  In June 1996, DataRefinery.co.uk launched.

  • 1998

    Data Refinery technology provided to the film and television industry.

  • 2000

    In 2000, Data Refinery services greatly expanded due to a partnership with GoTo.com (later renamed Overture.com, and then acquired by Yahoo).   Data Refinery services included dynamic traffic web traffic management and analysis, as well as management and optimization of PPC (pay-per-click) advertising supply and demand.

  • 2002

    By mid-2002, Data Refinery®’s behavior analysis and prediction engine called eSpy™ became fully operational.  Much of this technology remains available only under a customizable subscription basis, however, a tiny little bit of it can be seen in action at www.ace.com.

  • 2004

    In January, the first patent on Data Refinery technology is filed in the United States (USPTO) and with the European Patent Office.

  • 2006

    The Data Refinery, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company was formed upon the expansion of Data Refinery’s services.  As a follow up to Data Refinery’s then patent pending technology, The Data Refinery, LLC signs a developer access agreement with eBay.

  • 2010

    DataRefinery.eu launched in February, 2010

  • 2015

    A Data Refinery initiative was launched to focus on service speed and scalability.

  • 2017

    We have begun to make investments in outside technology firms for which information mining and analysis synergies exist.

  • 2020

    A beta version of IP Badger™, our intellectual property management suite, quickly becomes used by law firms and corporate users across the country.

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The Data Refinery, LLC
530 S. Lake Ave., Ste. 450
Pasadena, CA 91101

Numbers:

626-793-6000 — Los Angeles (Main)
202-793-6000 — Washington D.C.
646-793-6000 — New York City
617-793-6000 — Boston
404-793-6000 — Atlanta

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