Aggregating access to third party data sources and intelligently managing access through request quotas

A computer-implemented method for aggregating access to third-party data sources and intelligently managing access through request quotas, the computer-implemented method is executed by one or more processing device and comprising:

• receiving a query request from a user, wherein the query request requests data that is responsive to a query;
• determining whether the query request is configured to bypass a determination of whether the data responsive to the query is stored in the cache;
• in response to determining that the query request is not configured to bypass the determination of whether the data responsive to the query is stored in the cache, determining whether the data responsive to the query is stored in cache memory.
• in response to determining that either (i) the query request is configured to bypass the determination of whether the data responsive to the query is stored in the cache or (ii) the data responsive to the query is not stored in the cache memory, determining that the user has access privileges for accessing one of a plurality third-party data sources that is configured to act on the query and provide the data;
• in response to determining that the user has access privileges, determining that the user has available queries from a first query quota that is specific to the one of the plurality of data sources, wherein the first query quota defines a volume of queries that the user is allowed to submit to the one of the data sources over a predetermined period of time;
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• in response to determining that the user has available queries from the predetermined query quota, authorizing the query for submission to the one of the third-party data sources.

A computer program product including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

• a first set of codes for causing a computer to receive a query request from a user, wherein the query request requests data that is responsive to a query;
• a second set of codes for causing a computer to determine whether the query request is configured to bypass a determination of whether the data responsive to the query is stored in the cache, and in response to determining that the query request is not configured to bypass the determination of whether the data responsive to the query is stored in the cache, determining whether the data responsive to the query is stored in cache memory;
• a third set of codes for causing a computer to, in response to determining that either (i) the query request is configured to bypass the determination of whether the data responsive to the query is stored in the cache, or (ii) the data responsive to the query is not stored in the cache memory determine that the user has access privileges for accessing one of a plurality third-party data sources that is configured to act on the query and provide the data;
• a fourth set of codes for causing a computer to, in response to determining that the user has access privileges, determine that the user has available queries from a first query quota that is specific to the one of the plurality of data sources, wherein the first query quota defines a volume of queries that the user is allowed to submit to the one of the data sources over a predetermined period of time;
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• a fifth set of codes for causing a computer to, in response to determining that the user has available queries from the predetermined query quota, authorize the query for submission to the one of the third-party data sources.