Systems and methods for binding multiple interpolated data objects

• US 8,364,687 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2010
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Williamson, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Ortiz Ditren, Belix M
• Application Number:
  US12/955,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20120136880A1
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: 707/756
• US Class Current: 707/756
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems

Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for binding multiple interpolated data objects. A database management system can store operational data, such as financial, medical, or other information. A user can access a set of target data, representing an output desired to be generated from an interpolated set of input data. Thus, the average air temperature of a region may be known for ten years, along with other inputs including water temperature, wind speed, and other data. The interpolation engine can receive a target temperature for the current year, and generate water temperatures, wind speeds, or other inputs that will produce the target temperature. The interpolation engine can also be configured to access and combine two or more sets of interpolated data using a set of data bindings into one multiply-bound interpolation object. The combined or multiply-bound interpolation object can be operated on by the interpolation engine or accessing application(s) on a unified and updateable basis.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining first interpolated input data that, in conjunction with first predetermined input data, maps to first target output data;

obtaining second interpolated input data that, in conjunction with second predetermined input data, maps to second target output data;

generating a data object comprising data bindings between the first interpolated and predetermined input data and the second interpolated and predetermined input data; and

configuring the data object for access by an accessing application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the data object comprises generating an alignment of dimensions between the first interpolated and predetermined input data and the second interpolated and predetermined input data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data bindings comprises class bindings defining an object class for the data object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data object comprises an extensible markup language (XML)-based object.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the object class is accessible to the accessing application.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the data object to a data store.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically updating the data object based on an update to at least one of the first interpolated input data, the first predetermined input data, the second interpolated input data, or the second predetermined input data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating data bindings between the data object and one or more additional sets of interpolated and predetermined input data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the accessing application comprises at least one of a spreadsheet application, a database application, a modeling application, a statistical application, or an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first interpolated input data comprises at least one of a set of financial data, a set of medical data, a set of demographic data, a set of engineering data, a set of network operations data, or a set of geographic data.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first target output data and the second target output data comprise the same data.

12. A system comprising:

a memory to store first interpolated input data that, in conjunction with first predetermined input data, maps to first target output data and to store second interpolated input data that, in conjunction with second predetermined input data, maps to second target output data; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor to;

generate a data object comprising data bindings between the first interpolated and predetermined input data and the second interpolated and predetermined input data; and

configure the data object for access by an accessing application.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to generate the data object by generating an alignment of dimensions between the first interpolated and predetermined input data and the second interpolated and predetermined input data.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the data bindings comprises class bindings defining an object class for the data object.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further to automatically update the data object based on an update to at least one of the first interpolated input data, the first predetermined input data, the second interpolated input data, or the second predetermined input data.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to generate data bindings between the data object and one or more additional sets of interpolated and predetermined input data.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

obtaining first interpolated input data that, in conjunction with first predetermined input data, maps to first target output data;

obtaining second interpolated input data that, in conjunction with second predetermined input data, maps to second target output data;

generating a data object comprising data bindings between the first interpolated and predetermined input data and the second interpolated and predetermined input data; and

configuring the data object for access by an accessing application.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein generating the data object comprises generating an alignment of dimensions between the first interpolated and predetermined input data and the second interpolated and predetermined input data.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises automatically updating the data object based on an update to at least one of the first interpolated input data, the first predetermined input data, the second interpolated input data, or the second predetermined input data.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises generating data bindings between the data object and one or more additional sets of interpolated and predetermined input data.