METHODS FOR INTEGRATING SEMANTIC SEARCH, QUERY, AND ANALYSIS AND DEVICES THEREOF

• US 20170242934A1
• Filed: 01/06/2017
• Published: 08/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PTC Inc.
• Original Assignee: PTC Inc.
• Inventors: Bullotta, Rick, Schaefer, John
• Granted Patent: US 10,025,880 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/332 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

Abstract

A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and data management computing apparatus comprising searching across a plurality of different heterogeneous data indexes based on portions of one or more search keywords in response to a received request. A result set for each of the plurality of different heterogeneous data indexes is obtained based on the searching. Further, one or more facets to each of the obtained results sets are added. Furthermore, a plurality of visualization techniques are automatically identified for each of the obtained results sets based on the facets in each of the obtained result sets and a model entity type associated with each of the plurality of different heterogeneous data indexes. Finally, each of the obtained results sets with the added facets and the identified one of the plurality of visualization techniques is provided.

Claims

1. A method for integrating semantic search, query, and analysis across data sets associated with a plurality of monitored physical assets, the method comprising:

presenting, via a graphical user interface, an input field for a search engine that accesses, in a single search, a plurality of indexes generated from data sets associated with a plurality of monitored physical assets, wherein the search engine accesses, in the same single search, a model based on a graph database that includes i) one or more properties that describe a given monitored physical asset and ii) one or more model entity types that define a hierarchical relationship among the plurality of monitored physical assets;

in response to receiving, in the input field of the graphical user interface, one or more search keywords, searching, by a computing device, across the plurality of indexes and model to determine i) one or more first result sets for each of the plurality of indexes having matched portions to the one or more search keywords and ii) one or more second result sets of the one or more properties and model entity types having matched portions to the one or more search keywords;

presenting, via the graphical user interface, i) graphical objects associated with the one or more first result sets including results associated with each matched monitored physical asset of the plurality of monitored physical assets, the one or more second results associated with one or more matched properties, and the one or more second results associated with one or more matched model entity types, and ii) graphical objects associated with one or more filters to refine the searched results.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

in response to receiving a filter of the one or more filters, applying, by the computing device, the received one or more filters to the obtained results sets to provide a corresponding refined results set;

and

presenting, via the graphical user interface, graphical objects associated with the refined result sets.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more filters includes a search facet.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of the search facets is selected from the group consisting of a time series chart, a full analytical trend chart, a Mashup, a heat map, and a physical location map.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to receiving, in the input field of the graphical user interface, the one or more search keywords, further searching, by the computing device, the model to determine a list of one or more monitored physical assets of the plurality of monitored physical assets, the determined list of one or more monitored physical assets being associated with a matched properties or a matched model entity type.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the computing device, an applicable visualization techniques for each of the results sets based on a given property or a given model entity type to which each of the one or more results sets is associated, wherein the graphical objects associated with the one or more result sets are presented in accordance with the identified visualization techniques.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the identified visualization technique are selected from the group consisting of a web page view, a graph, a chart, and a printable view.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtained results sets are graphically presented, via a single application, on a computing device associated with a user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the data sets are heterogeneous data sets selected from the group consisting of data sets from an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, data sets from a Manufacturing Intelligence system, and data sets from a Business Intelligence system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the model further comprises services and events associated with the given monitored physical asset, wherein the search across the plurality of indexes includes a search to determine one or more result sets having matched portions of the one or more services and events.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein text associated with the data set and the model are indexed and are part of the searched plurality of indexes.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein elements of the data sets and the model are tagged, and wherein the tagged elements of the data sets and the model are part of the searched plurality of indexes.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the data sets include structured data, unstructured data, and time series data.

14. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having instructions, stored thereon, wherein execution of the instructions, cause the processor to;

present, via a graphical user interface, an input field for a search engine that accesses, in a single search, a plurality of indexes generated from data sets associated with a plurality of monitored physical assets, wherein the search engine accesses, in the same single search, a model based on a graph database that includes i) one or more properties that describe a given monitored physical asset and ii) one or more model entity types that define a hierarchical relationship among the plurality of monitored physical assets;

in response to receiving, in the input field of the graphical user interface, one or more search keywords, direct a search, by a computing device, across the plurality of indexes and the model to determine i) one or more first result sets for each of the plurality of indexes having matched portions to the one or more search keywords and ii) one or more second result sets of the one or more properties and the model entity types having matched portions to the one or more search keywords;

present, via the graphical user interface, i) graphical objects associated with the one or more first result sets including results associated with each matched monitored physical asset of the plurality of monitored physical assets, the one or more second results associated with one or more matched properties, and the one or more second results associated with one or more matched model entity types, and ii) graphical objects associated with one or more filters to refine the searched results.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:

in response to receiving a filter of the one or more filters, direct application by the computing device the received one or more filters to the obtained results sets to provide a corresponding refined results set; and

present, via the graphical user interface, graphical objects associated with the refined result sets.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the filters include a search facet.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:

direct identification, by the computing device, an applicable visualization techniques for each of the results sets based on a given property or a given model entity type to which each of the results sets is associated, wherein the graphical objects associated with the one or more result sets are presented in accordance with the identified visualization techniques.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the identified visualization technique are selected from the group consisting of a web page view, a graph, a chart, and a printable view.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the model further comprises services and events associated with the given monitored physical asset, wherein the search across the plurality of indexes includes a search to determine one or more result sets having matched portions of the one or more services and events.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor, cause the processor to:

present, via a graphical user interface, an input field for a search engine that accesses, in a single search, a plurality of indexes generated from data sets associated with a plurality of monitored physical assets, wherein the search engine accesses, in the same single search, a model based on a graph database that includes i) one or more properties that describe a given monitored physical asset and ii) one or more model entity types that define a hierarchical relationship among the plurality of monitored physical assets;

in response to receiving, in the input field of the graphical user interface, one or more search keywords, direct a search, by a computing device, across the plurality of indexes and the model to determine i) one or more first result sets for each of the plurality of indexes having matched portions of the one or more search keywords and ii) one or more second result sets of the one or more properties and the model entity types having matched portions to the one or more search keywords;

present, via the graphical user interface, i) graphical objects associated with the one or more first result sets including results associated with each matched monitored physical asset of the plurality of monitored physical assets, the one or more second results associated with one or more matched properties, and the one or more second results associated with one or more matched model entity types, and ii) graphical objects associated with one or more filters to refine the searched results.