Federated search

• US 9,390,179 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Brette, Marc, Chevalier, Pierre-Yves, Spivak, Victor, Rankov, Alex
• Primary Examiner(s): ALAM, SHAHID AL
• Application Number:
  US14/529,041
• Publication Number:
  US 20150169765A1
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 707/728, 707/802, 707/661, 707/758, 707/769, 707/827, 707/722
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/256 in federated or virtual databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Federated search is disclosed. A result associated with a search of a content source not natively configured to provide content type data for content items is received. A content type is associated with a content item included in the result based at least in part on information associated with the result.

Claims

1. A system for managing content comprising:

an interface to;

receive an external result associated with a search query of an external content source not natively configured to provide content type data for content items; and

receive an indication of an external search result to be migrated to an internal repository and stored as typed content with associated metadata;

a processor to;

retrieve one or more content items associated with the external search result to be migrated;

store the retrieved one or more content items in the internal repository in objects;

derive associated content types of the one or more content items based at least in part on the external content source; and

create metadata of the associated content types and store with the one or more content items in the internal repository,

wherein the associated content type is derived using a configuration adapter associated with the external content source,

wherein the configuration adaptor translates the search query into request that is understood by the external content source.

2. A system as in claim 1, wherein the interface also receives a result associated with an internal repository.

3. A system as in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to provide the created metadata to a user for editing prior to saving the object in the repository, wherein the created metadata comprises at least a content type.

4. A system as in claim 1, wherein the external content source comprises a resource.

5. A system as in claim 4, wherein the resource comprises an information source.

6. A system as in claim 4, wherein the resource comprises a search source.

7. A system as in claim 1, wherein the external content source is accessed using an enterprise content integration server.

8. A system as in claim 1, wherein the external content source is accessed using a configuration adapter connected to an enterprise content integration server.

9. A system as in claim 8, wherein the configuration adapter configuration is based on a preconfigured template.

10. A system as in claim 8, wherein the configuration adapter configuration has a self-learning engine in order to self-configure based at least in part on an external repository type.

11. A system as in claim 8, wherein the configuration adapter configuration has a self-learning engine in order to self-configure based at least in part on an external resource type.

12. A system as in claim 1, wherein the external content source is accessed using more than one configuration adapter connected to a specific repository or resource.

13. A system as in claim 1, wherein the interface is further configured to split the search query for an internal repository and an external content source.

14. A system as in claim 2, wherein the result from the internal repository and the external result from the external content source are combined.

15. A system as in claim 14, wherein the result and the external result are presented as typed information.

16. A system as in claim 1, wherein the associated content types of the one or more contents items is derived using metadata retrieved from the external content source with the retrieved one or more content items.

17. A method for managing content comprising:

receiving an external result associated with a search query of an external content source not natively configured to provide content type data for content items;

receiving an indication of an external search result to be migrated to an internal repository and stored as typed content with associated metadata;

retrieving, using a processor, one or more content items associated with the external search result to be migrated;

storing the retrieved one or more content items in the internal repository in objects;

deriving associated content types of the one or more content items based at least in part on the external content source; and

create metadata of the associated content types, and store with the one or more content items in the internal repository,

wherein the associated content type is derived using a configuration adapter associated with the external content source,

wherein the configuration adaptor translates the search query into request that is understood by the external content source.

18. A computer program product for managing content, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving an external result associated with a search query of an external content source not natively configured to provide content type data for content items; and

receiving an indication of an external search result to be migrated to an internal repository and stored as typed content with associated metadata;

retrieving, using a processor, one or more content items associated with the external search result to be migrated;

storing the retrieved one or more content items in the internal repository in objects;

deriving associated content types of the one or more content items based at least in part on the external content source; and

creating metadata of the associated content types and store the one or more content items in the internal repository,

wherein the associated content type is derived using a configuration adapter associated with the external content source,

wherein the configuration adaptor translates the search query into request that is understood by the external content source.