Generation of synthetic context objects

• US 9,619,580 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2012
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Adams, Samuel S., Friedlander, Robert R., Kraemer, James R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US13/609,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20140074885A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,673 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7844 using original textual content or text extracted from visual content or transcript of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/903 Querying for retrieval from the web G06F16/953

Abstract

A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates and utilizes synthetic context-based objects. A non-contextual data object is associated with a context object to define a synthetic context-based object, where the non-contextual data object ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters, and where the context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of the non-contextual data object. The synthetic context-based object is then associated with at least one specific data store, which includes data that is associated with data contained in the non-contextual data object and the context object. A request for a data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object results in the return of at least one data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method for generating and utilizing synthetic context-based objects, the processor-implemented method comprising:

associating, by a processor, a non-contextual data object with a context object to define a synthetic context-based object, wherein the non-contextual data object ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters, wherein the context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of the non-contextual data object;

wherein the specific subject-matter for a particular data store in the data structure overlaps a subject-matter of another data store in the data structure, and wherein the particular data store and said another data store are data repositories of different sets of integrated text files;

associating, by the processor, the synthetic context-based object with at least one specific data store, wherein said at least one specific data store comprises data that is associated with data contained in the non-contextual data object and the context object;

receiving, from a computer hardware system configured to request data, a request for data from said at least one specific data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object; and

returning, to the computer hardware system configured to request data, data from said at least one specific data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object.

2. The processor-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

data mining, by the processor, a data structure for the non-contextual data object and the context object, wherein said data mining locates said at least one specific data store that comprises data contained in the non-contextual data object and the context object.

3. The processor-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the specific subject-matter for a particular data store in the data structure is exclusive to only said particular data store.

4. The processor-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said at least one specific data store is a text document, and wherein the processor-implemented method further comprises:

searching, by the processor, the text document for text data that is part of the synthetic context-based object; and

associating the text document that contains said text data with the synthetic context-based object.

5. The processor-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said at least one specific data store is a video file, and wherein the processor-implemented method further comprises:

searching, by the processor, metadata associated with the video file for text data that is part of the synthetic context-based object; and

associating the video file having said metadata with the synthetic context-based object.

6. The processor-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said at least one specific data store is a web page, and wherein the processor-implemented method further comprises:

searching, by the processor, the web page for text data that is part of the synthetic context-based object; and

associating the web page that contains said text data with the synthetic context-based object.

7. The processor-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the request from the requester via a request pointer, wherein the request pointer points to a user-specified synthetic context-based object.

8. The processor-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by a processor, characteristics of the requester; and

determining, by a processor, the synthetic context-based object based on the characteristics of the requester.

9. A computer program product for generating and utilizing synthetic context-based objects, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions to associate a non-contextual data object with a context object to define a synthetic context-based object, wherein the non-contextual data object ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters, wherein the context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of the non-contextual data object, wherein the specific subject-matter for a particular data store in the data structure overlaps a subject-matter of another data store in the data structure, and wherein the particular data store and said another data store are data repositories of different sets of integrated text files;

second program instructions to associate the synthetic context-based object with at least one specific data store, wherein said at least one specific data store comprises data that is associated with data contained in the non-contextual data object and the context object;

third program instructions to receive, from a requester, a request for data from said at least one specific data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object; and

fourth program instructions to return, to the requester, data from said at least one specific data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object; and

wherein

the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

fifth program instructions to data mine a data structure for the non-contextual data object and the context object, wherein said data mining locates said at least one specific data store that comprises data contained in the non-contextual data object and the context object; and

wherein the fifth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the specific subject-matter for a particular data store in the data structure is exclusive to only said particular data store.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein said at least one specific data store is a text document, and wherein the computer program product further comprises:

fifth program instructions to search the text document for text data that is part of the synthetic context-based object; and

sixth program instructions to associate the text document that contains said text data with the synthetic context-based object; and

wherein the fifth and sixth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein said at least one specific data store is a video file, and wherein the computer program product further comprises:

fifth program instructions to search metadata associated with the video file for text data that is part of the synthetic context-based object; and

sixth program instructions to associate the video file having said metadata with the synthetic context-based object; and

wherein

the fifth and sixth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein said at least one specific data store is a web page, and wherein the computer program product further comprises:

fifth program instructions to search the web page for text data that is part of the synthetic context-based object; and

sixth program instructions to associate the web page that contains said text data with the synthetic context-based object; and

wherein

the fifth and sixth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

fifth program instructions to receive the request from the requester via a request pointer, wherein the request pointer points to a user-specified synthetic context-based object; and

wherein

the fifth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

16. A computer system comprising:

a processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions to associate a non-contextual data object with a context object to define a synthetic context-based object, wherein the non-contextual data object ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters, wherein the context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of the non-contextual data object, wherein the specific subject-matter for a particular data store in the data structure overlaps a subject-matter of another data store in the data structure, and wherein the particular data store and said another data store are data repositories of different sets of integrated text files;

second program instructions to associate the synthetic context-based object with at least one specific data store, wherein said at least one specific data store comprises data that is associated with data contained in the non-contextual data object and the context object;

third program instructions to receive, from a requester, a request for data from said at least one specific data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object; and

fourth program instructions to return, to the requester, data from said at least one specific data store that is associated with the synthetic context-based object; and

wherein

the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.

17. The computer system of claim 16, further comprising:

fifth program instructions to data mine a data structure for the non-contextual data object and the context object, wherein said data mining locates said at least one specific data store that comprises data contained in the non-contextual data object and the context object; and

wherein

the fifth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory.

18. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the specific subject-matter for a particular data store in the data structure is exclusive to only said particular data store.