Semantic service applying system and method

• US 8,402,113 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2009
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
• Original Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
• Inventors: Jung, Han Min, Kim, Pyung, Lee, Seung Woo, Lee, Mi Kyung, You, Beom Jong
• Primary Examiner(s): ENG, DAVID Y
• Application Number:
  US13/319,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20120059908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/36 Creation of semantic tools, e.g. ontology or thesauri
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

The present invention relates to a semantic service applying system and a method, comprising: a semantic service pipeline manager which demands and receives a particular semantic service pipeline to and from a semantic service server, and stores the corresponding pipeline in a database to manage the stored pipeline; a semantic service pipeline provider which extracts corresponding semantic service pipelines and sends the extracted pipelines to the corresponding service server if the user requests at least one of a plurality of semantic service pipelines to be provided; and a database which stores information associated with a semantic service pipeline providing server as well as the semantic service pipelines, and thus various ontology-based semantic services can be applied to the web.

Claims

1. A semantic service application system, comprising:

a semantic service server for collecting pieces of ontology-based semantic service information and ontology from a plurality of service servers, registering the pieces of ontology-based semantic service information and ontology, generating semantic service pipelines based on a plurality of semantic services according to a condition inputted by a user, and executing a specific semantic service pipeline;

a semantic service pipeline providing server for requesting the semantic service server to execute the specific semantic service pipeline, receiving a result of the execution, determining whether to select the specific semantic service pipeline, receiving the specific semantic service pipeline by requesting the specific semantic service pipeline from the semantic service server if the specific semantic service pipeline is determined to be selected, and storing the specific semantic service pipeline; and

a service server for receiving a specific semantic service pipeline by requesting the specific semantic service pipeline from the semantic service pipeline providing server and incorporating the received semantic service pipeline into its specific web frame or web page.

2. The semantic service application system according to claim 1, wherein the semantic service pipeline providing server comprises:

a semantic service pipeline management unit for receiving the specific semantic service pipeline by requesting the specific semantic service pipeline from the semantic service server, storing the received semantic service pipeline in a database, and managing the stored semantic service pipeline;

a semantic service pipeline providing unit for, when the user requests one or more of a plurality of the semantic service pipelines to be provided, extracting the relevant semantic service pipelines from the database, and transmitting the relevant semantic service pipelines to a relevant service server; and

the database for storing information associated with the semantic service pipeline providing server, including the semantic service pipelines.

3. The semantic service application system according to claim 2, wherein the semantic service pipeline providing server further comprises a semantic service pipeline selection unit for selecting the specific semantic service pipeline to be managed by the semantic service pipeline providing server, from among the plurality of semantic service pipelines provided on the semantic service server.

4. The semantic service application system according to claim 3, wherein the semantic service pipeline selection unit requests the specific semantic service pipeline, from among the plurality of semantic service pipelines provided on the semantic service server to be executed and determines whether to select the specific semantic service pipeline based on the result of the execution received from the semantic service server.

5. The semantic service application system according to claim 4, wherein the semantic service pipeline selection unit requests a change of a factor and an execution of the specific semantic service pipeline, from among the plurality of semantic service pipelines provided on the semantic service server, and determines whether to select the specific semantic service pipeline based on the result of the execution received from the semantic service server.

6. The semantic service application system according to claim 2, wherein the database stores the semantic service pipeline in a script language form.

7. A semantic service pipeline providing server coupled to a semantic service server and a plurality of service servers over a communication network and configured to provide semantic service pipelines, the semantic service pipeline providing server comprising:

a semantic service pipeline selection unit for selecting the specific semantic service pipeline to be managed by the semantic service pipeline providing server, from among the plurality of semantic service pipelines provided on the semantic service server;

a semantic service pipeline management unit for receiving a specific semantic service pipeline by requesting the specific semantic service pipeline from the semantic service server, storing the received semantic service pipeline in a database, and managing the stored semantic service pipeline;

a semantic service pipeline providing unit for, when a user requests one or more of a plurality of the semantic service pipelines to be provided, extracting the relevant semantic service pipelines from the database, and transmitting the relevant semantic service pipelines to a relevant service server; and

the database for storing information associated with the semantic service pipeline providing server, including the semantic service pipelines.

8. The semantic service pipeline providing server according to claim 7, wherein the semantic service pipeline selection unit requests the specific semantic service pipeline, from among the plurality of semantic service pipelines provided on the semantic service server to be executed and determines whether to select the specific semantic service pipeline based on a result of the execution received from the semantic service server.

9. The semantic service pipeline providing server according to claim 7, wherein the semantic service pipeline selection unit requests a change of a factor and an execution of the specific semantic service pipeline, from among the plurality of semantic service pipelines provided on the semantic service server, and determines whether to select the specific semantic service pipeline based on the result of the execution received from the semantic service server.

10. The semantic service pipeline providing server according to claim 7, wherein the database stores the semantic service pipelines in a script language form.

11. A semantic service application method of a semantic service application system, including a semantic service server, a semantic service pipeline providing server, and service servers, providing semantic services, the semantic service application method comprising the steps of:

a) the semantic service server collecting pieces of ontology-based semantic services and ontology distributed among a plurality of the service servers, registering the pieces of ontology-based semantic services and ontology, and generating semantic pipelines by combining one or more of the semantic services according to a specific condition;

b) the semantic service pipeline providing server requesting a specific semantic service pipeline, from among a plurality of semantic service pipelines provided on the semantic service server, to be executed and checking a result of the execution;

c) the semantic service pipeline providing server selecting the specific semantic service pipeline to be managed by the semantic service pipeline providing server based on the result of the execution of the specific semantic service pipeline;

d) the semantic service pipeline providing server receiving the executed semantic service pipeline by requesting the executed semantic service pipeline and storing the received semantic service pipeline; and

e) the service server receiving a specific semantic service pipeline by requesting the specific semantic service pipeline from the semantic service pipeline providing server and applying the received semantic service pipeline to its web frame or web page.

12. The semantic service application method according to claim 11:

wherein the step c) comprises the steps of;

the semantic service pipeline providing server checking the result of the execution and requesting a change of a factor and an execution of the specific semantic service pipeline;

the semantic service server incorporating the factor, requested to be changed by the semantic service pipeline providing server, into the specific semantic service pipeline, executing the specific semantic service pipeline, and transmitting a result of the execution to the semantic service pipeline providing server; and

the semantic service pipeline providing server selecting the specific semantic service pipeline to be managed by the semantic service pipeline providing server based on the result of the execution of the specific semantic service pipeline.

13. The semantic service application method according to claim 11, wherein at the step d), the semantic service pipeline is stored in a script language form.