Synthesizing aggregate data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type

• US 20070043758A1
• Filed: 08/19/2005
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jaramillo, David, Bodin, William, Redman, Jerry, Thorson, Derral
• Granted Patent: US 8,977,636 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for synthesizing the aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type which includes receiving aggregated data of disparate data types and translating each of the aggregated data of disparate data types into text content and markup associated with the text content. Synthesizing the aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type may also include dynamically creating grammar sets for the text content and associating the grammar sets with the text content. Associating the grammar sets with the text content includes inserting markup in the translated data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for synthesizing aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type comprising:

receiving aggregated data of disparate data types; and

translating each of the aggregated data of disparate data types into translated data comprising text content and markup associated with the text content.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

dynamically creating grammar sets for the text content; and

associating the grammar sets with the text content.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein dynamically creating grammar sets for the text content further comprises:

identifying keywords in the translated data; and

creating grammars in dependence upon the keywords and grammar creation rules.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein identifying keywords in the translated data further comprise identifying keywords determinative of content.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein identifying keywords in the translated data further comprise identifying keywords determinative of logical structure.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein associating the grammar sets with the text content further comprises inserting markup in the translated data.

7. The method of claim 2 further comprising associating an action with the grammar.

8. A system for synthesizing aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type, the system comprising:

a computer processor;

a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of;

receiving aggregated data of disparate data types; and

translating each of the aggregated data of disparate data types into translated data comprising text content and markup associated with the text content.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:

dynamically creating grammar sets for the text content; and

associating the grammar sets with the text content.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein dynamically creating grammar sets for the text content further comprises:

identifying keywords in the translated data; and

creating grammars in dependence upon the keywords and grammar creation rules.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of identifying keywords determinative of content.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of identifying keywords determinative of logical structure.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of inserting markup in the translated data.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the computer memory also has disposed within it computer program instructions capable of associating an action with the grammar.

15. A computer program product for synthesizing aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type, the computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:

computer program instructions for receiving aggregated data of disparate data types; and

computer program instructions for translating each of the aggregated data of disparate data types into translated data comprising text content and markup associated with the text content.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising:

computer program instructions for dynamically creating grammar sets for the text content; and

computer program instructions for associating the grammar sets with the text content.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein computer program instructions for dynamically creating grammar sets for the text content further comprise:

computer program instructions for identifying keywords in the translated data; and

computer program instructions for creating grammars in dependence upon the keywords and grammar creation rules.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for identifying keywords in the translated data (1204) further comprise computer program instructions for identifying keywords determinative of content.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein computer program instructions for identifying keywords in the translated data further comprise computer program instructions for identifying keywords determinative of logical structure.

20. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein computer program instructions for associating the grammar sets with the text content further comprise computer program instructions for inserting markup in the translated data.