Consolidating local and remote taxonomies

• US 20070016575A1
• Filed: 12/14/2005
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hurst-Hiller, Oliver, Kim, Jane, Torres, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,930,629 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data

Abstract

A tag management system that enables consolidation, aggregation and/or synchronization of tags between local and remote sources. Further, the system provides users with a single rich view of client and Internet data related to appropriate tagging schemes. The system allows users to import and export tags and taxonomies from online service providers and provides a central location for users to store their tags. The central location is accessible to the user both on the client and for use online.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates tag management, comprising:

a tag locator component that identifies a tag located in one of a local and remote source; and

a tag manager component that facilitates maintaining the tag in the other of the local and remote source.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a query component that identifies the tag based upon a criterion.

3. The system of claim 2, the tag manager exports a plurality of tags from the local source to the remote source based at least in part upon the criterion.

4. The system of claim 2, the tag manager imports a plurality of tags from the remote source to the local source based at least in part upon the criterion.

5. The system of claim 2, the criterion is at least one of an alphanumeric string, location and type.

6. The system of claim 1, the tag manager component consolidates the tag with a plurality of disparate tags maintained in the other of the local and the remote source.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a rendering component that displays a plurality of data items associated to the tag, the plurality of data items are located in one of the local and remote source.

8. The system of claim 7, the local source is a client data store and the remote source is an Internet data sharing application.

9. A system for aggregating data objects, comprising:

an external data source that includes a data object associated with a tag;

a client component that includes a client data object associated with the tag;

a search component that searches the external data source and the client component and retrieves the data object and the client data object based at least in part upon the tag; and

a rendering component that delivers the retrieved data object and the retrieved client data object.

10. The system of claim 9, the rendering component displays a representation of the retrieved data object and the retrieved client data object.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising a tag manager component that synchronizes the tag between the client component and the external data source.

12. The system of claim 9, the external data source is an Internet-based data sharing application.

13. The system of claim 9, the search component comprises a standing query based at least in part upon the tag.

14. A method of aggregating search results on a client component, comprising:

defining at least one search parameter;

searching at least one external data source and a local data source for the at least one search parameter; and

reporting a result of the search.

15. The method of claim 14, the result of the search is at least one data object.

16. The method of claim 14, the at least one search parameter is a tag.

17. The method of claim 14, the act of reporting a result of the search includes displaying a representation of at least one data object.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

waiting a predefined interval;

searching the at least one external data source and the client component for the at least one search parameter; and

updating the result of the search.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising synchronizing the at least one search parameter between the at least one external data source and the client component.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising inferring the search parameter based at least in part upon a user intention.