Graph for data interaction

A system comprising:

• a client software platform on a client device, the client software platform including:
• a request manager, the request manager configured to communicate with a data service to obtain one or more providers from the data service, each provider including associated provider data;
• a cache coupled to the request manager to maintain the providers obtained by the request manager, in which at least some of the providers each include a reference set in its associated provider data that references one or more other providers, to form a client graph;
• and
• a plurality of user interface objects, including a user interface object that corresponds to a provider, the user interface object configured to request data associated with its corresponding provider, and to receive and use its provider's associated data to display a rendered representation of at least one user interface element on a user interface, and to request one or more other providers based upon a reference set in its corresponding provider's associated data.

A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• maintaining a plurality of providers, in which at least some of the providers each contain a reference set that references at least one other provider to form a graph of providers;
• making a client request for provider data corresponding to an identified provider, the request including a provider identifier;
• and
• receiving the provider data for the identified provider in a response to the request, in which the response includes provider data including the identified provider's identifier and other provider data of the identified provider, the other provider data including a reference set comprising at least one reference to another provider.