Self-Configuring Multi-Type and Multi-Location Result Aggregation for Large Cross-Platform Information Sets

• US 20080162423A1
• Filed: 03/15/2008
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bonita Oliver Vincent, Gang Chen, Peter C. Bahrs, Roland Barcia, Zhang Liang
• Original Assignee: Bonita Oliver Vincent, Gang Chen, Peter C. Bahrs, Roland Barcia, Zhang Liang
• Inventors: Zhang, Liang, Vincent, Bonita Oliver, Chen, Gang, Bahrs, Peter C., Barcia, Roland
• Application Number:
  US12/049,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162423A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24556 Aggregation; Duplicate elimination
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2471 Distributed queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication

Abstract

An approach using self-configuring multi-type and multi-location result aggregation for large cross-platforms is presented. An enterprise tier component includes a request manager that receives query requests from a distribution tier component over a request path. The request manager retrieves one or more data thresholds and compares the data query'"'"'s result to the data thresholds. When the data query result is less than the data thresholds, the request manager sends the data query result to the distribution manager over the request path. However, when the data query result exceed one of the data thresholds, the request manager stores the data query result in a temporary storage area and sends metadata, which includes the temporary storage area location, to the distribution tier component over the request path. In turn, the distribution tier component retrieves the data query result directly from the temporary storage area over a dedicated data path.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a first software component, a data query request from a second software component over a request path;

retrieving, at the first software component, a data query result corresponding to the data query request;

comparing the data query result with a data threshold;

in response to the data query result not exceeding the data threshold, providing the data query result from the first software component to the second software component over the request path; and

in response to the data query result exceeding the data threshold, storing the data query result in a temporary storage area and providing metadata from the first software component to the second software component over the request path, the metadata including a temporary storage identifier corresponding to the temporary storage area.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the data threshold is selected from the group consisting of a size limit threshold, a time limit threshold, a data not ready threshold, and a security check threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

extracting, at the second software component, the temporary storage identifier from the metadata; and

retrieving, at the second software component, the data query result from the temporary storage area based upon the temporary storage identifier, the data query result retrieval performed over a data path which is different than the request path.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

extracting, at the second software component, a retrieval timeframe from the metadata that indicates a timeframe that the data query result is available at the temporary storage area; and

performing the retrieving during the retrieval timeframe.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the request path includes an extensible mark-up language and the data path does not include the extensible mark-up language.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the metadata includes a plurality of temporary storage identifiers, each temporary storage identifier corresponding to different data query results that are retrieved from a plurality of data storage areas.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

wherein the temporary storage area is co-located with the second software component; and

wherein the first software component and the second software component are at different locations.

8. A computer program product stored on a computer operable media, the computer operable media containing instructions for execution by a computer, which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to implement a method for providing data, the method comprising:

receiving, at a first software component, a data query request from a second software component over a request path;

retrieving, at the first software component, a data query result corresponding to the data query request;

comparing the data query result with a data threshold;

in response to the data query result not exceeding the data threshold, providing the data query result from the first software component to the second software component over the request path; and

in response to the data query result exceeding the data threshold, storing the data query result in a temporary storage area and providing metadata from the first software component to the second software component over the request path, the metadata including a temporary storage identifier corresponding to the temporary storage area.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the data threshold is selected from the group consisting of a size limit threshold, a time limit threshold, a data not ready threshold, and a security check threshold.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the method further comprises:

extracting, at the second software component, the temporary storage identifier from the metadata; and

retrieving, at the second software component, the data query result from the temporary storage area based upon the temporary storage identifier, the data query result retrieval performed over a data path which is different than the request path.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:

extracting, at the second software component, a retrieval timeframe from the metadata that indicates a timeframe that the data query result is available at the temporary storage area; and

performing the retrieving during the retrieval timeframe.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the request path includes an extensible mark-up language and the data path does not include the extensible mark-up language.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the metadata includes a plurality of temporary storage identifiers, each temporary storage identifier corresponding to different data query results that are retrieved from a plurality of data storage areas.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 wherein the method further comprises:

wherein the temporary storage area is co-located with the second software component; and

wherein the first software component and the second software component are at different locations.

15. An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory accessible by the processors;

one or more nonvolatile storage devices accessible by the processors; and

a data distribution tool for providing data, the data distribution tool being effective to;

receive, at a first software component, a data query request from a second software component over a request path;

retrieve, at the first software component, a data query result from one of the nonvolatile storage devices corresponding to the data query request;

compare the data query result with a data threshold;

in response to the data query result not exceeding the data threshold, provide the data query result from the first software component to the second software component over the request path; and

in response to the data query result exceeding the data threshold, store the data query result in a temporary storage area located in one of the nonvolatile storage devices and provide metadata from the first software component to the second software component over the request path, the metadata including a temporary storage identifier corresponding to the temporary storage area.

16. The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the data threshold is selected from the group consisting of a size limit threshold, a time limit threshold, a data not ready threshold, and a security check threshold.

17. The information handling system of claim 15 further wherein the data distribution tool is further effective to:

extract, at the second software component, the temporary storage identifier from the metadata; and

retrieve, at the second software component, the data query result from the temporary storage area based upon the temporary storage identifier, the data query result retrieval performed over a data path which is different than the request path.

18. The information handling system of claim 17 wherein the data distribution tool is further effective to:

extract, at the second software component, a retrieval timeframe from the metadata that indicates a timeframe that the data query result is available at the temporary storage area; and

perform the retrieving during the retrieval timeframe.

19. The information handling system of claim 17 wherein the request path includes an extensible mark-up language and the data path does not include the extensible mark-up language.

20. The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the metadata includes a plurality of temporary storage identifiers, each temporary storage identifier corresponding to different data query results that are retrieved from a plurality of data storage areas that are located in one or more of the nonvolatile storage devices.