Generation of synthetic context frameworks for dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based objects

• US 9,053,102 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2013
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
• 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): Jami, Hares
• Application Number:
  US13/755,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214871A1
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705, 707/737, 707/756, 707/758, 704/9, 704/10
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/632 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7328 Query by example, e.g. a complete video frame or video sequence graphical querying G06F16/7335
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/783 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product derives and utilizes a context object to generate a synthetic context-based object. A context object for a non-contextual data object is derived by contextually searching a document that contains multiple instances of the non-contextual data object. The non-contextual data object is associated with the derived 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 dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library for multiple synthetic context-based objects is then constructed for handling requests for data stores.

Claims

1. A method for deriving and utilizing a context object to generate a synthetic context-based object, the method comprising:

deriving, by one or more processors, a context object for a non-contextual data 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 multiple subject-matters, of the non-contextual data object, and wherein the context object is derived by contextually searching and analyzing a document, which contains multiple instances of the non-contextual data object, to derive the context object;

establishing a minimum validity threshold for the context object, wherein the minimum validity threshold defines a probability that a derived context object accurately describes the context of the non-contextual data object;

expanding a range of a search area of the document until the minimum validity threshold is reached;

associating, by one or more processors, the non-contextual data object with the context object to define a synthetic context-based object;

associating, by one or more processors, 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;

constructing, by one or more processors, a dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library for multiple synthetic context-based objects, wherein synthetic context-based objects within a same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library share data from a same non-contextual data object, and wherein synthetic context-based objects within the same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library contain disparate data from different context objects;

receiving, from a requester, a request for at least one data store that is associated with synthetic context-based objects within the same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library; and

returning, to the requester, said at least one specific data store that is associated with synthetic context-based objects within the same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is a text document.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is an audio file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the document is a video file.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing, by one or more processors, a map/reduce search of the document to reach the minimum validity threshold, wherein the map-reduce search sequentially performs evaluations of subsequently lower-level partitions of the document to determine finer levels of granularity to derive the context object.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

utilizing a progressively higher number of processors to execute the evaluations of the subsequently lower-level partitions of the document.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, a probability that the context object accurately describes the context of the non-contextual data object through use of a probability formula of;

8. The 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.

9. The method of claim 1, 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.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data store is a text document, and wherein the method further comprises:

searching, by one or more processors, the text document for text data that is part of the synthetic context-based object; and

associating, by one or more processors, the text document that contains said text data with the synthetic context-based object.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the data store is a video file, and wherein the method further comprises:

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

associating, by one or more processors, the video file having said metadata with the synthetic context-based object.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the data store is a web page, and wherein the method further comprises:

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

associating, by one or more processors, the web page that contains said text data with the synthetic context-based object.

13. The 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.

14. A computer program product for deriving and utilizing a context object to generate a synthetic context-based object, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

deriving a context object for a non-contextual data 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 multiple subject-matters, of the non-contextual data object, and wherein the context object is derived by contextually searching and analyzing a document, which contains multiple instances of the non-contextual data object, to derive the context object;

establishing a minimum validity threshold for the context object, wherein the minimum validity threshold defines a probability that a derived context object accurately describes the context of the non-contextual data object;

expanding a range of a search area of the document until the minimum validity threshold is reached;

associating the non-contextual data object with the context object to define a synthetic context-based object;

associating 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;

constructing a dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library for multiple synthetic context-based objects, wherein synthetic context-based objects within a same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library share data from a same non-contextual data object, and wherein synthetic context-based objects within the same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library contain disparate data from different context objects;

receiving, from a requester, a request for at least one data store that is associated with synthetic context-based objects within the same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library; and

returning, to the requester, said at least one specific data store that is associated with synthetic context-based objects within the same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the program code is further readable and executable by the processor for:

executing a map/reduce search of the document to reach the minimum validity threshold, wherein the map-reduce search sequentially performs evaluations of subsequently lower-level partitions of the document to determine finer levels of granularity to derive the context object; and

utilizing a progressively higher number of processors to execute the evaluations of the subsequently lower-level partitions of the document.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the document is a video file.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the program code is further readable and executable by the processor for:

determining a probability that the context object accurately describes the context of the non-contextual data object through use of a probability formula of;

18. A computer system comprising:

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

first program instructions to derive a context object for a non-contextual data 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 multiple subject-matters, of the non-contextual data object, and wherein the context object is derived by contextually searching and analyzing a document, which contains multiple instances of the non-contextual data object, to derive the context object;

second program instructions to establish a minimum validity threshold for the context object, wherein the minimum validity threshold defines a probability that a set of one or more context objects accurately describes the context of the non-contextual data object; and

third program instructions to expand a range of a search area of the document until the minimum validity threshold is reached;

fourth program instructions to associate the non-contextual data object with the context object to define a synthetic context-based object;

fifth 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;

sixth program instructions to construct a dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library for multiple synthetic context-based objects, wherein synthetic context-based objects within a same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library share data from a same non-contextual data object, and wherein synthetic context-based objects within the same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library contain disparate data from different context objects;

seventh program instructions to receive, from a requester, a request for at least one data store that is associated with synthetic context-based objects within the same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library;

eighth program instructions to return, to the requester, said at least one specific data store that is associated with synthetic context-based objects within the same dimension of the dimensionally constrained hierarchical synthetic context-based object library; and

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

19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the document is a video file.

20. The computer system of claim 18, further comprising:

ninth program instructions to execute a map/reduce search of the document to reach the minimum validity threshold, wherein the map-reduce search sequentially performs evaluations of subsequently lower-level partitions of the document to determine finer levels of granularity to derive the context object; and

tenth program instructions to utilize a progressively higher number of processors to execute the evaluations of the subsequently lower-level partitions of the document; and

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