Context-based data gravity wells

• US 8,914,413 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2013
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2013
• 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., Linton, Jeb R.
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBINSON, GRETA LEE
• Application Number:
  US13/732,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20140188887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: 707/740, 707/755, 707/792, 707/802, 707/804
• US Class Current: 707/792
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases

Abstract

A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product defines multiple context-based data gravity wells on a context-based data gravity wells membrane. Non-contextual data objects are associated with context objects to define synthetic context-based objects. The synthetic context-based objects are parsed into an n-tuple that includes a pointer to one of the non-contextual data objects, a probability that a non-contextual data object has been associated with a correct context object, and a weighting factor of importance of the synthetic context-based object. A virtual mass of each parsed synthetic context-based object is calculated, in order to define a shape of multiple context-based data gravity wells that are created when synthetic context-based objects are pulled into each of the context-based data gravity well frameworks on a context-based data gravity wells membrane.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented method of defining multiple context-based data gravity wells on a context-based data gravity wells membrane, wherein the context-based data gravity wells membrane is a mathematical framework for a data structure, the processor-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a data stream of non-contextual data objects, wherein each of the non-contextual data objects ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters;

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

parsing, by the processor, the synthetic context-based object into an n-tuple, wherein the n-tuple comprises a pointer to said one of the non-contextual data objects, a probability that a non-contextual data object has been associated with a correct context object, and a weighting factor of importance of the synthetic context-based object;

calculating, by the processor, a virtual mass of a parsed synthetic context-based object, wherein the virtual mass of the parsed synthetic context-based object is derived from a formula of;

P(C)×

Wt(S),

where P(C) is the probability that the non-contextual data object has been associated with the correct context object, and where Wt(S) is the weighting factor of importance of the synthetic context-based object;

creating, by the processor, multiple context-based data gravity well frameworks on a context-based data gravity wells membrane, wherein each of the multiple context-based data gravity well frameworks comprises at least one non-contextual data object and at least one context object, and wherein the context-based data gravity wells membrane is a virtual mathematical membrane that is capable of supporting multiple context-based data gravity wells;

transmitting, by the processor, multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects to the context-based data gravity wells membrane; and

defining, by the processor, multiple context-based data gravity wells according to the virtual mass of multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects that are pulled into each of the context-based data gravity well frameworks, wherein each of the multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects is pulled into a particular context-based data gravity well in response to values from its n-tuple matching said at least one non-contextual data object and said at least one context object in said particular context-based data gravity well.

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

graphically displaying the multiple context-based data gravity wells according to a combined virtual mass of the multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects, wherein a first context-based data gravity well holds a more virtually massive combination of parsed synthetic context-based objects than a second context-based data gravity well, and wherein the first context-based data gravity well extends farther away from the context-based data gravity wells membrane than the second context-based data gravity well.

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

determining, by the processor, a likelihood that a particular synthetic context-based object is pulled into an appropriate context-based data gravity well according to a Bayesian probability formula of;

4. The processor-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the weighting factor of importance of the synthetic context-based object is based on how important the synthetic context-based object is to a particular project.

5. The processor-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the correct context object is a context object that defines the specific subject-matter of a particular project.

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

graphically representing, by the processor, said at least one context object on a wall of said particular context-based data gravity well.

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

determining, by the processor, an age of each of the multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects that have been pulled into the particular context-based data gravity well; and

removing from the particular context-based data gravity well any parsed synthetic context-based object that is older than a predetermined age.

8. A computer program product for defining multiple context-based data gravity wells on a context-based data gravity wells membrane, wherein the context-based data gravity wells membrane is a mathematical framework for a data structure, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a data stream of non-contextual data objects, wherein each of the non-contextual data objects ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters;

associating one of the non-contextual data objects with a context object to define a synthetic context-based object, wherein the context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of said one of the non-contextual data objects;

parsing the synthetic context-based object into an n-tuple, wherein the n-tuple comprises a pointer to said one of the non-contextual data objects, a probability that a non-contextual data object has been associated with a correct context object, and a weighting factor of importance of the synthetic context-based object;

calculating a virtual mass of a parsed synthetic context-based object, wherein the virtual mass of the parsed synthetic context-based object is derived from a formula of;

P(C)×

Wt(S),

where P(C) is the probability that the non-contextual data object has been associated with the correct context object, and where Wt(S) is the weighting factor of importance of the synthetic context-based object;

creating multiple context-based data gravity well frameworks on a context-based data gravity wells membrane, wherein each of the multiple context-based data gravity well frameworks comprises at least one non-contextual data object and at least one context object, and wherein the context-based data gravity wells membrane is a virtual mathematical membrane that is capable of supporting multiple context-based data gravity wells;

transmitting multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects to the context-based data gravity wells membrane; and

defining multiple context-based data gravity wells according to the virtual mass of multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects that are pulled into each of the context-based data gravity well frameworks, wherein each of the multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects is pulled into a particular context-based data gravity well in response to values from its n-tuple matching said at least one non-contextual data object and said at least one context object in said particular context-based data gravity well.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising program code that is readable and executable by the processor to:

graphically display the multiple context-based data gravity wells according to a combined virtual mass of the multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects, wherein a first context-based data gravity well holds a more virtually massive combination of parsed synthetic context-based objects than a second context-based data gravity well, and wherein the first context-based data gravity well extends farther away from the context-based data gravity wells membrane than the second context-based data gravity well.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising program code that is readable and executable by the processor to:

determine a likelihood that a particular synthetic context-based object is pulled into an appropriate context-based data gravity well according to a Bayesian probability formula of;

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the weighting factor of importance of the synthetic context-based object is based on how important the synthetic context-based object is to a particular project.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the correct context object is a context object that defines the specific subject-matter of a particular project.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising program code that is readable and executable by the processor to:

graphically represent said at least one context object on a wall of said particular context-based data gravity well.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising program code that is readable and executable by the processor to:

determine an age of each of the multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects that have been pulled into the particular context-based data gravity well; and

remove from the particular context-based data gravity well any parsed synthetic context-based object that is older than a predetermined age.

15. A computer system comprising:

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

first program instructions to receive a data stream of non-contextual data objects, wherein each of the non-contextual data objects ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters;

second program instructions to associate one of the non-contextual data objects with a context object to define a synthetic context-based object, wherein the context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of said one of the non-contextual data objects;

third program instructions to parse the synthetic context-based object into an n-tuple, wherein the n-tuple comprises a pointer to said one of the non-contextual data objects, a probability that a non-contextual data object has been associated with a correct context object, and a weighting factor of importance of the synthetic context-based object;

fourth program instructions to calculate a virtual mass of a parsed synthetic context-based object, wherein the virtual mass of the parsed synthetic context-based object is derived from a formula of;

P(C)×

Wt(S),

where P(C) is the probability that the non-contextual data object has been associated with the correct context object, and where Wt(S) is the weighting factor of importance of the synthetic context-based object;

fifth program instructions to create multiple context-based data gravity well frameworks on a context-based data gravity wells membrane, wherein the context-based data gravity wells membrane is a mathematical framework for a data structure, wherein each of the multiple context-based data gravity well frameworks comprises at least one non-contextual data object and at least one context object, and wherein the context-based data gravity wells membrane is a virtual mathematical membrane that is capable of supporting multiple context-based data gravity wells;

sixth program instructions to transmit multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects to the context-based data gravity wells membrane; and

seventh program instructions to define multiple context-based data gravity wells according to the mass of multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects that are pulled into each of the context-based data gravity well frameworks, wherein each of the multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects is pulled into a particular context-based data gravity well in response to values from its n-tuple matching said at least one non-contextual data object and said at least one context object in said particular context-based data gravity well; and

wherein

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

16. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

eighth program instructions to graphically display the multiple context-based data gravity wells according to a combined mass of the multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects, wherein a first context-based data gravity well holds a more massive combination of parsed synthetic context-based objects than a second context-based data gravity well, and wherein the first context-based data gravity well extends farther away from the context-based data gravity wells membrane than the second context-based data gravity well; and

wherein

the eighth 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 15, further comprising:

eighth program instructions to determine a likelihood that a particular synthetic context-based object is pulled into an appropriate context-based data gravity well according to a Bayesian probability formula of;

18. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the correct context object is a context object that defines the specific subject-matter of a particular project.

19. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

eighth program instructions to graphically represent said at least one context object on a wall of said particular context-based data gravity well; and

wherein

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

20. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising:

eighth program instructions to determine an age of each of the multiple parsed synthetic context-based objects that have been pulled into the particular context-based data gravity well; and

ninth program instructions to remove from the particular context-based data gravity well any parsed synthetic context-based object that is older than a predetermined age; and

wherein

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