Method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags
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1. A method for accessing and organizing tag-related data, the method being implemented by at least one computer including one or more processors and comprising:
- accessing data associated with one or more entities, said entities associated with one or more tags having one or more tag identifiers, said data being stored in one or more data repositories;
accessing data associated with one or more tags having one or more tag identifiers, said data associated with the one or more tags being stored in one or more data repositories, wherein said data associated with the one or more tags includes one or more tag references that associate a tag identifier of said one or more tag identifiers to one or more other tag identifiers of said one or more tag identifiers according to a hierarchy;
linking the accessed entity data associated with the one or more entities together with the accessed data associated with the one or more tags using said one or more tag identifiers;
receiving at least one query or keyword search;
determining two or more of said tag identifiers that satisfy said query or keyword search; and
ranking said determined two or more tag identifiers based on tag references of said determined two or more tag identifiers.
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This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present invention writes data to these tags, reads data from these tags, and manages data that is written to and/or read from these tags.
In addition, the invention accesses and/or stores data associated with tags from or into repositories, constructs and maintains data structures from these repositories and responds to queries using the data structures.
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1. A method for accessing and organizing tag-related data, the method being implemented by at least one computer including one or more processors and comprising:
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accessing data associated with one or more entities, said entities associated with one or more tags having one or more tag identifiers, said data being stored in one or more data repositories; accessing data associated with one or more tags having one or more tag identifiers, said data associated with the one or more tags being stored in one or more data repositories, wherein said data associated with the one or more tags includes one or more tag references that associate a tag identifier of said one or more tag identifiers to one or more other tag identifiers of said one or more tag identifiers according to a hierarchy; linking the accessed entity data associated with the one or more entities together with the accessed data associated with the one or more tags using said one or more tag identifiers; receiving at least one query or keyword search; determining two or more of said tag identifiers that satisfy said query or keyword search; and ranking said determined two or more tag identifiers based on tag references of said determined two or more tag identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for retrieving and organizing data that is associated with one or more tags having one or more tag identifiers from a plurality of repositories, the system being implemented by at least one computer including one or more processors and comprising:
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means for retrieving said data from one or more of said repositories, wherein said data includes one or more tag references that associate a tag identifier of said one or more tag identifiers to one or more other tag identifiers of said one or more tag identifiers according to a hierarchy; means for linking together at least one portion of said data that is associated with at least one of said one or more tag identifiers; and means for receiving at least one query or keyword search; means for determining two or more of said tag identifiers that satisfy said query or keyword search; and means for ranking said determined two or more tag identifiers based on tag references of said determined two or more tag identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method for accessing and organizing tag-related data, the method being implemented by at least one computer including one or more processors and comprising:
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accessing data associated with one or more entities, said entities associated with one or more tags having one or more tag identifiers, said data being stored in one or more data repositories; accessing data associated with one or more other entities, said other entities associated with one or more tags having one or more tag identifiers, said data being stored in one or more data repositories, wherein said data associated with the one or more other entities includes one or more tag references that associate a tag identifier of said one or more tag identifiers to one or more other tag identifiers of said one or more tag identifiers according to a hierarchy; linking the accessed data associated with the one or more entities together with the accessed data associated with the one or more other entities using said one or more tag identifiers; receiving at least one query or at least one keyword search; determining two or more of said tag identifiers that satisfy said query or keyword search; and ranking said determined two or more tag identifiers based on tag references of said determined two or more tag identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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