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US 8,510,860 B2Granted
Local storage of information pedigrees
AssigneeArchitecture Technology Corporation
InventorsKen Thurber, Robert A. Joyce, Julia A. Baker
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Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques for dynamically assembling and utilizing a pedigree of a resource. A pedigree of a resource is a set of statements that describe a provenance of the resource. As described herein, a document may include local pedigree fragments and optionally one or more pointers to remote pedigree fragments not locally stored in the document. A pedigree fragment, generally, is a data structure that specifies a direct relationship between a first resource, e.g., a primary resource, and a second resource from which an asserted fact of the first resource is derived. Because a pedigree fragment specifies such direct relationships, a set of pedigree fragments may be used to assemble the complete pedigree of resource.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a request to assemble a pedigree that describes a history of origin of a primary resource, the primary resource included in a document, wherein the requested pedigree of the primary resource represents the history as a set of statements that describe relationships between the primary resource and a plurality of other resources from which an asserted fact of the primary resource was derived;
- selecting, by the computing device, a local pedigree fragment included in the document, the local pedigree fragment specifying a first direct relationship between the primary resource and a first resource of the plurality of other resources, wherein the first direct relationship indicates that the asserted fact of the primary resource was derived from data of the first resource;
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- assembling, with the computing device, the pedigree of the primary resource from the local pedigree fragment.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a request to identity progeny of a primary resource, the primary resource included in a document, wherein the progeny include one or more descendent resources of the primary resource, wherein the descendent resources of the primary resource represent a plurality of resources that derive one or more asserted facts from the primary resource, and wherein a primary identifier is associated with the primary resource, the primary identifier uniquely identifying the primary resource;
- selecting, by the computing device, an association from an index based on primary identifier, wherein the association comprises data associating the primary identifier, a descendent identifier, and a location identifier of the descendent resource, wherein the descendent identifier uniquely identifies a descendent resource, and wherein the association indicates the descendent resource derives an asserted fact from the one or more asserted facts from the primary resource;
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- identifying, by the computing device, the descendent resource based on the location identifier of the remote resource.
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A client device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a selection module configured to receive a request to assemble a pedigree that describes a history of origin of a primary resource, the primary resource included in a document, wherein the requested pedigree of the primary resource represents the history as a set of statements that describe relationships between the primary resource and a plurality of other resources from which an asserted fact of the primary resource was derived,
- wherein the selection module is operable to select a local pedigree fragment included in the document that specifies a first direct relationship between the primary resource and a first resource of the plurality of other resources, wherein the first direct relationship indicates that the asserted fact of the primary resource was derived from data of the first resource;
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- an assembly module configured to assemble the pedigree of the primary resource from the local pedigree fragment and output the assembled pedigree.
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A client device comprising at least one processor configured to:
- receive a request to identify progeny of a primary resource, the primary resource included in a document, wherein the progeny include one or more descendent resources of the primary resource, wherein the descendent resources of the primary resource represent a plurality of resources that derive one or more asserted facts from the primary resource, and
- wherein a primary identifier is associated with the primary resource, the primary identifier uniquely identifying the primary resource;
- select an association from an index based on primary identifier, wherein the association comprises data associating the primary identifier, a descendent identifier, and a
- location identifier of the descendent resource, wherein the descendent identifier uniquely identifies a descendent resource, and wherein the association indicates the descendent resource derives an asserted fact from the one or more asserted facts from the primary resource;
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- identify the descendent resource based on the location identifier of the remote resource.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.