Managing results of federated searches across heterogeneous datastores with a federated collection object

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PATENT NO 6272488
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09052678

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A computer method and system capable of searching multiple heterogeneous datastores with heterogeneous data types by employing an object oriented data model to define a federated query object, a federated collection object and a federated datastore object. The federated query object translates a generic query into the appropriate queries for each datastore, the federated datastore object acts as a virtual datastore for multiple heterogeneous datastores with the ability to map concepts between datastores, and the federated collection object represents results from a federated query in a hierarchy that maintains sub-grouping information from each datastore to allow accessing of results by datastore or as a single collection of results. The federated objects thus provide user applications with enhanced accessibility of different hierarchies of information, as well as more robust search capabilities.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chang, Daniel T San Jose, CA 21 1645
Donn, Siyi Terry Saratoga, CA 9 799
Hembry, Douglas Michael Los Gatos, CA 8 830
Lee, Tae Jae Cupertino, CA 12 510
Soetarman, Basuki N Los Gatos, CA 15 1126
Summers, Robert N San Jose, CA 13 663
Tung, Frank C Saratoga, CA 4 492

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