System and method for creating and manipulating information containers with dynamic registers

• US 20060122987A1
• Filed: 11/14/2005
• Published: 06/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Evolutionary Intelligence LLC
• Original Assignee: Pattern Intelligence, Inc.
• Inventors: Angelo, Michael De
• Granted Patent: US 7,702,682 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

A search query may be run against a plurality of container registers encapsulated and logically defined in a plurality of containers to identify one or more container registers responsive to the search query. Thereafter, a list characterizing the identified containers may be provided. Related methods, apparatus, computer program products, and computer systems are also described.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a search query;

searching container registers encapsulated and logically defined in a plurality of containers to identify one or more containers responsive to the search query; and

providing a list characterizing the identified containers.

2. A method as in claim 1, when the received search query comprises a labeled data tree having at least one parent-child relationship.

3. A method as in claim 1, further comprising:

providing information identifying containers that have previously been used to respond to one or more processed queries that are substantially similar to the search query.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein the provided information is stored in one or more search templates.

5. A method as in claim 1, further comprising:

providing information identifying substantially similar search phrases, search templates, or labeled data trees that have previously been used to respond to one or more processed queries that are substantially similar to the search query.

6. A method as in claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a selection of one of the substantially similar search phrases; and

providing a list of previously identified containers associated with the selected search phrase.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein the list provides a title of each identified container and a short description of its contents.

8. A method as in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a container search level parameter; and

wherein the searching content and container registers only searches within container levels associated with the container search level parameter.

9. A method as in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a container search level parameter; and

wherein the list of identified containers only comprises containers associated with the container search level parameter.

10. A method as in claim 1, wherein the searching further comprises:

encapsulating the search query into a search container.

11. A method as in claim 10, wherein the searching further comprises:

receiving, by a gateway, the search container;

storing, by the gateway, data contained within a register of the search container; and

determining whether any registers of containers accessible via the gateway are associated with the register of the search container.

12. A method as in claim 11, further comprising:

generating a new gateway; and

associating the container with the new gateway.

13. A method as in claim 11, further comprising:

periodically aggregating the contents of registers in a plurality of gateways to characterize a plurality of containers coupled thereto.

14. A method as in claim 11, wherein the contents of the registers in each of the plurality of gateways comprise at least one metric chosen from a group comprising:

frequency of access of the gateway, grade of access of the gateway, description of users that have accessed the gateway, an identity of containers that have accessed the gateway, parameters associated with the gateway register, and historically accumulated register data.

15. A method as in claim 11, further comprising:

monitoring transactions involving one or more gateways or containers.

16. A method as in claim 15, further comprising:

generating new containers based on the monitored transactions.

17. A method as in claim 15, wherein the transactions are based on each instance a gateway or container passes through another gateway or container.

18. A method comprising:

receiving a search query;

polling a plurality of gateways to identify registers encapsulated therein, the registers relating to one or more containers logically defining data contained therein associated with the search query, wherein the containers are coupled to the gateways; and

providing a list characterizing the identified containers.

19. A method comprising:

reporting, by a plurality of gateways, registers or register values encapsulated therein, the registers relating to one or more containers coupled to the gateways logically defining data contained therein;

updating a centralized index based on the reporting; and

modifying at least one of a register, a register value, content of a container, stored information in a gateway, and an access route to any of the containers based on the updating.

20. A method as in claim 19, wherein the reporting occurs asynchronously or periodically after at least one interaction of container through the registers in which at least one of the following is altered:

a register, a register value, the contents of a container, stored information in a gateway, and an access route to any of the containers.

21. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on computer-readable media, comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

receive a search query;

search content and container registers encapsulated and logically defined in a plurality of containers to identify one or more containers associated with the search query; and

provide a list characterizing the identified containers.

22. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on computer-readable media, comprising instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

receive a search query;

poll a plurality of gateways to identify registers encapsulated therein, the registers relating to one or more containers logically defining data contained therein associated with the search query, wherein the containers are coupled to the gateways; and

provide a list characterizing the identified containers.

23. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a search query;

means for searching content and container registers encapsulated and logically defined in a plurality of containers to identify one or more containers associated with the search query; and

means for providing a list characterizing the identified containers.

24. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a search query;

means for polling a plurality of gateways to identify registers encapsulated therein, the registers relating to one or more containers logically defining data contained therein associated with the search query, wherein the containers are coupled to the gateways; and

means for providing a list characterizing the identified containers.

25. A method comprising:

receiving historical data from a plurality container registers encapsulated and logically defined in a plurality of containers, the historical data associated with interactions of the containers with other containers via those registers; and

modifying at least one of a register, a register value, content of a container, stored information in a gateway associated with a container, or an access route to any of the containers associated with any of a gateway based on the polling.

26. A method as in claim 25, when the obtained historical data comprises a labeled data tree having at least one parent-child relationship.

27. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit operable to encode instructions operable to cause the processor to;

poll a container registers encapsulated and logically defined in a plurality of containers to obtain historical data associated with interactions of the containers with other containers; and

modify at least one container register or encapsulated content of at least one container based on the obtained historical data.

28. A method comprising:

polling gateways to obtain historical data associated with interactions of a plurality of containers with other containers, the containers encapsulating and logically defining container registers storing, the gateways intercepting data associated with the containers during the interactions; and

modify at least one of the container registers, content encapsulated within at least one of the containers based on the obtained historical data, or information stored in at least one gateway based on the polling.

29. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit operable to encode instructions operable to cause the processor to;

poll gateways to obtain historical data associated with interactions of a plurality of containers with other containers, the containers encapsulating and logically defining container registers storing, the gateways intercepting data associated with the containers during the interactions; and

modify at least one of the container registers, content encapsulated within at least one of the containers, or information stored in at least one gateway based on the obtained historical data.

30. A method comprising:

receiving a search query;

searching container registers encapsulated and logically defined in a plurality of containers to identify one or more search query templates; and

providing a list characterizing the identified one or more search query templates to formulate subsequent search queries.