1114results about "Semi-structured data mapping/conversion" patented technology

An enterprise information unification system including an information modeler for modeling business entities and their properties as an information model, the information model being comprised of business constructs, a data rationalizer for generating mappings from physical data assets to the information model, the physical data assets being comprised of data asset constructs, and a data thesaurus for automating tasks of data management based on the mappings. A method is also described and claimed.

A system, computer program, and method for organizing and managing data structures including based on input from a feedback agent is provided, the method including: (a) a method for faceted classification that is applicable to a domain of information, said method of faceted classification including: (i) a facet analysis of said domain or receiving the results of facet analysis of the domain; and (ii) applying a faceted classification synthesis of said domain; and (b) a complex-adaptive method for selecting and returning information, on one or more iterations, from said faceted classification synthesis, said complex-adaptive method varying the organizing and managing of data structures in response to said returned information. A system and method for faceted classification of a domain of information is also provided that includes providing a faceted data set including facet attributes with which to classify information, such facet attributes including optionally facet attribute hierarchies for the facet attributes; (b) providing a dimensional concept taxonomy in which the facet attributes are assigned to objects of the domain to be classified in accordance with concepts that associate meaning to the objects, said concepts being represented by concept definitions defined using said facet attributes and associated with the objects in the dimensional concept taxonomy, said dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set; and (c) providing or enabling a complex-adaptive system for selecting and returning dimensional concept taxonomy information to vary the faceted data set and dimensional concept taxonomy in response to the dimensional concept taxonomy information. In another aspect of the method of the present invention the method for faceted classification of the domain of information further includes performing faceted classification synthesis to relate a set of concepts represented by concept definitions defined in accordance with a faceted data set including facet attributes, and optionally facet attribute hierarchies. The invention also provides a computer system for enabling a user to manipulate dimensional concept relationships. A further aspect of the system is a system for organizing and managing data structures including based on input from a feedback agent, in which the system includes or is linked to a complex-adaptive system for selecting and returning dimensional concept taxonomy information to vary a faceted data set and a dimensional concept taxonomy in response to dimensional concept taxonomy information, the dimensional concept taxonomy expressing dimensional concept relationships between the concept definitions in accordance with the faceted data set.

A method to facilitate a language independent search includes displaying a search attribute, including an attribute name and a selection of attribute values, to a user and receiving from the user a search attribute value selection corresponding to the attribute name. Then, the attribute name and attribute value selection are translated into language independent symbols, such as numbers. The numbers are used in a search of a sellers item listings table to select item listings with attribute values that match the search attribute values selected by the user.

A method for blocking content from being presented at a client device including substitution of alternative content. The client device recognizes and evaluates the received tags and blocks content based on a user profile. Substitute content is then identified and presented to the user. Substitute content includes a blank screen, prestored contents, a screen saver, alternative server content, and user selected content. The user may be prompted prior to substitution or choose that substitute content be automatically presented without prompting. Audio may be presented while substitute video is presented.