METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISCOVERING RELEVANT INFORMATION IN A DYNAMIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

• US 20080183692A1
• Filed: 01/30/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jackson, James E.
• Granted Patent: US 7,844,616 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types

Abstract

The invention provides a method, system, and program product for discovering relevant information in a dynamic information system (DIS). An illustrative method according to the invention includes comparing information provided by the user to information in a network, determining whether the network contains information relevant to the information provided by the user, and displaying to the user an object containing the relevant information.

Claims

1. A method for discovering relevant information in a dynamic information system (DIS), the method comprising:

tracking information provided by a user of the DIS;

comparing the information provided by the user to information in a network;

determining whether the network contains information relevant to the information provided by the user; and

in the case that it is determined that the network contains information relevant to the information provided by the user, displaying to the user an object containing the relevant information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the DIS includes data, metadata, and rules stored in an asymmetrical navigational database.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data, metadata, and rules are capable of representation in extensible markup language (XML).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the DIS comprises a unified dynamic information system (UDIS).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the DIS comprises a universal description, discovery, and integration system (UDDIS).

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing a change to the DIS made by the user with at least one of the following;

a predefined rule and preexisting DIS data;

determining whether the user'"'"'s change complies with at least one of the following;

the predefined rule and the preexisting DIS data;

in the case that the user'"'"'s change does not comply with the predefined rule, performing one of the following;

amending the predefined rule to comport with the user'"'"'s change and notifying the user that the user'"'"'s change does not comply with the predefined rule; and

in the case that the user'"'"'s change does not comply with the preexisting DIS data, performing one of the following;

amending the preexisting DIS data to comport with the user'"'"'s change and notifying the user that the user'"'"'s change does not comply with the preexisting DIS data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

seeking permission from an owner of the object to release his/her identity to the user.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying to the user an identity of an owner of the object;

requesting assistance from the owner of the object; and

receiving assistance from the owner of the object.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing the owner of the object with access to data from the user'"'"'s DIS.

10. A system for discovering relevant information in a dynamic information system (DIS), the system comprising:

a first system for tracking information provided by a user of the DIS;

a second system for comparing the information provided by the user to information in a network;

a third system for determining whether the network contains information relevant to the information provided by the user; and

a fourth system for displaying to the user an object containing the relevant information.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the DIS includes data, metadata, and rules stored in an asymmetrical navigational database and capable of representation in extensible markup language (XML).

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the DIS comprises at least one of the following:

a unified dynamic information system (UDIS) and a universal description, discovery, and integration system (UDDIS).

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a system for comparing a change to the DIS made by the user with at least one of the following;

a predefined rule and preexisting DIS data;

a system for determining whether the user'"'"'s change complies with at least one of the following;

the predefined rule and the preexisting DIS data;

a system for performing one of the following;

amending the predefined rule to comport with the user'"'"'s change, notifying the user that the user'"'"'s change does not comply with the predefined rule, amending the preexisting DIS data to comport with the user'"'"'s change, and notifying the user that the user'"'"'s change does not comply with the preexisting DIS data.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a system for seeking permission from an owner of the object to release his/her identity to the user;

a system for displaying to the user an identity of an owner of the object;

a system for requesting assistance from the owner of the object;

a system for receiving assistance from the owner of the object; and

a system for providing the owner of the object with access to data from the user'"'"'s DIS.

15. A program product stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, is operable to discover relevant information in a dynamic information system (DIS), the program product comprising:

program code for tracking information provided by a user of the DIS;

program code for comparing the information provided by the user to information in a network;

program code for determining whether the network contains information relevant to the information provided by the user; and

program code for displaying to the user an object containing the relevant information.

16. The program product of claim 15, wherein the DIS includes data, metadata, and rules stored in an asymmetrical navigational database and capable of representation in extensible markup language (XML).

17. The program product of claim 15, wherein the DIS comprises at least one of the following:

a unified dynamic information system (UDIS) and a universal description, discovery, and integration system (UDDIS).

18. The program product of claim 15, further comprising:

program code for comparing a change to the DIS made by the user with at least one of the following;

a predefined rule and preexisting DIS data;

program code for determining whether the user'"'"'s change complies with at least one of the following;

the predefined rule and the preexisting DIS data;

program code for performing one of the following;

amending the predefined rule to comport with the user'"'"'s change, notifying the user that the user'"'"'s change does not comply with the predefined rule, amending the preexisting DIS data to comport with the user'"'"'s change, and notifying the user that the user'"'"'s change does not comply with the preexisting DIS data.

19. The program product of claim 15, further comprising:

program code for seeking permission from an owner of the object to release his/her identity to the user;

program code for displaying to the user an identity of an owner of the object;

program code for requesting assistance from the owner of the object;

program code for receiving assistance from the owner of the object; and

program code for providing the owner of the object with access to data from the user'"'"'s DIS.

20. A method for deploying an application for discovering relevant information in a dynamic information system (DIS), comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

track information provided by a user of the DIS;

compare the information provided by the user to information in a network;

determine whether the network contains information relevant to the information provided by the user; and

display to the user an object containing the relevant information.