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US 8,713,053 B2Granted
Active tags
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsCullen F. Jennings, Joseph Brian Burton, Thomas M. Wesselman, Shantanu Sarkar
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Abstract
A method for retrieving data in a data source is provided. The method includes receiving a search term; identifying an active tag associated with the search term; correlating the active tag to dynamic data that is operative to adapt to a mining context in which data is stored; and retrieving the data using the dynamic data.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- receiving, over a network and from a first device of a user, a search term and contextual data, wherein the contextual data comprises a username, a password, a current location of the first device, and relational data linking the user with at least one other user of a second device;
- identifying an active tag associated with the search term, wherein the active tag includes at least one policy rule;
- correlating, using a processor of a mining device, the active tag to dynamic data that is stored at the mining device, wherein the dynamic data is used to obtain data stored on at least one data source external to the mining device, wherein the dynamic data is changing over time;
- authorizing access to restricted information using at least the dynamic data stored at the mining device and the relational data linking the user with the at least one other user of the second device;
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- retrieving restricted information according to at least the at least one policy rule, the current location of the first device, the relational data linking the user with the at least one other user of the second device, and the dynamic data stored at the mining device.
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A mining device, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions operable to:
- receive a search term and contextual data from a first device of a user, wherein the contextual data comprises a username, a password, a current location of the first device, and relational data linking the user with at least one other user of a second device, and wherein the contextual data is usable with dynamic data stored in the memory to obtain access to restricted information;
- identify an active tag associated with the search term, wherein the active tag includes at least one policy rule;
- correlate the active tag to the dynamic data stored in the memory, wherein dynamic data points to data at a plurality of external locations;
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- retrieve restricted information according to at least the at least one policy rule, the current location of the first device, the relational data linking the user with at least one other user of the second device, and the dynamic data stored in the memory.
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A method, comprising:
- in response to receiving a search term from a first device used by a user, obtaining a mining document that includes an active tag that corresponds to the search term;
- identifying dynamic data in the mining document, the dynamic data including a middleware application that is configured to identify a data source based on a current location of the first device and mine information from the data source based on at least one policy rule, wherein the middleware application lies in a layer between the data source and the first device and the layer includes a library of functions accessible by a plurality of dynamic data applications;
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- using the dynamic data to mine information from the data source according to the policy rule and contextual data, wherein the contextual data comprises a username, a password, and relational data linking the user with at least one other user of a second device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.