US 7,689,625 B2Granted

Taxonomy object modeling

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorsAndrea Rose Westerinen, Nigel Graham Cain, Bahadir Baris Onalan, Adam Joseph Herscher

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Abstract

A computer-readable storage medium having a data structure for representing a plurality of objects. The data structure includes a first data field storing data associated with a taxonomy type. The data structure also includes a second data field storing data associated with a reference to a model instance of an object classified by the taxonomy type. The model instance identifies an entity represented by the classified object. A third data field stores a first data set having data stored in the second data field. The first data set identifies a set of one or more objects related to the classified object positioned higher in a hierarchical structure than the classified object. A fourth data field stores a second data set having data stored in the second data field. The second data set identifies a set of one or more objects related to the classified object positioned lower than classified object.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A computerized method for representing a plurality of objects, said computerized method comprising:

defining a plurality of taxonomy types within a taxonomy having a hierarchical structure, said taxonomy defining an all-inclusive structure for classifying the plurality of taxonomy types to represent the plurality of objects with corresponding associations;
classifying an object according to at least one of the taxonomy types based on the relationship of the classified object to one or more other objects related thereto;
associating a first reference with the taxonomy type of the classified object, said first reference identifying an actual entity represented by the classified object;
generating, by a processor of a computing device, a first data set integrated into the taxonomy type of the classified object in the same hierarchical level as the taxonomy type in the hierarchical structure, said first data set being a first tag of the classified object and identifying a set of the one or more related objects positioned higher in the hierarchical structure than the classified object;
generating, by the processor of the computing device, a second data set integrated into the taxonomy type of the classified object in the same hierarchical level as the taxonomy type in the hierarchical structure, said second data set being a second tag of the classified object and identifying a set of the one or more related objects positioned lower in the hierarchical structure than the classified object;
and
providing the all-inclusive structure to a user for accessing the plurality of objects.

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A system for representing a plurality of objects, said system comprising:

a memory area for storing data associated with a plurality of taxonomy types having a hierarchical structure;
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a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions for:
defining the plurality of taxonomy types;
classifying an object according to at least one of the taxonomy types based on the relationship of the classified object to one or more other objects related thereto;
storing information associated with the classified object in the memory area;
associating a first reference with the taxonomy type of the classified object, said first reference identifying an actual entity represented by the classified object;
generating a first data set integrated into the taxonomy type of the classified object in the same hierarchical level as the taxonomy type in the hierarchical structure, said first data set identifying a set of the one or more related objects positioned higher in the hierarchical structure than the classified object;
and
generating a second data set integrated into the taxonomy type of the classified object in the same hierarchical level as the taxonomy type in the hierarchical structure, said second data set identifying a set of the one or more related objects positioned lower in the hierarchical structure than the classified objects;
and
providing the all-inclusive structure to a user for accessing the plurality of objects.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.