Location description for federation and discoverability

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8515946
APP PUB NO 20090222411A1
SERIAL NO

12039446

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System and methods for directing a federated search using a location description file to locate a data source are provided. For a federated search, a location description may be used to describe the location of each data source searched, and may further be used to connect the user to that particular data source. The format of such a location description file may include several elements, some of which provide information on how to display the file (e.g., name, description, author, icon link, etc.) and other elements (e.g., simple location, location type, etc.) are used to connect the user to the location of the data source.

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  • MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Beam, Tyler Redmond, US 3 50
Brito, Carlos Sammamish, US 9 75
Hysom, Scott Issaquah, US 4 54
Marcucci, Paolo Seattle, US 6 50
McConnell, Chris Redmond, US 5 80
Tvorun, Evgeny Woodinville, US 4 117

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