Information retrieval and navigation using a semantic layer

US9280788B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Oracle International Corporation · US

Inventors

• Adam Ferrari · Cambridge, US
• Joshua William Kapell · Brooklyn, US
• Jason M. Furtado · Boston, US
• Matthew L. Brandwein · San Francisco, US
• Spiro Michaylov · Kirkland, US
• Omri Traub · Brookline, US
• Eli Daniel · Somerville, US
• Vladimir Zelevinsky · Sharon, US
• Alexander Rosen · Somerville, US
• John Huffaker · Boston, US
• Gregory C. Scott · Boston, US
• Eugene Jitomirsky · Somerville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0641
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for information retrieval are provided that permit users and/or processing entities to access and define synthetic data, synthetic objects, and/or synthetic groupings of data in one or more collections of information. In one embodiment, data access on an information retrieval system can occur through an interpretation layer which interprets any synthetic data against data physically stored in the collection. Synthetic data can define virtual data objects, virtual data elements, virtual data attributes, virtual data groupings, and/or data entities that can be interpreted against data that may be stored physically in the collection of information. The system and methods for information retrieval can return results from the one or more collections of information based not only on the data stored, but also on the virtual data generated from interpretation of the stored data.