Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110113341 | WEB SERVICE INTERFACE AND QUERYING - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed to generate an interface for a web service and to query the web service. A particular method includes generating a user interface associated with a web service. The user interface includes one or more input parameter options associated with the web service. The user interface is generated based on a service specification and one or more series specifications associated with the service specification. User input is received via the user interface, where the user input includes a selection of at least one of the one or more input parameter options. A query of the web service is generated based on the received user input, where the query reflects at least one selected input parameter option. The method includes invoking the generated query with respect to the web service to receive results and automatically adding the received results to the user interface. | 05-12-2011 |
20110225074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AS A SERVICE VIA WEB SERVICES - Aspects are disclosed for providing information as a service via web services. Access to at least one application programming interface (API) database is facilitated and requests for a requested API are parsed. Here, such API requests facilitate a processing of data provided by at least one content provider. In an aspect, each request includes a key associated with a developer of the requested API and a unique identifier associated with a user of the requested API. A usage of the requested API is then tracked based on the key and/or unique identifier. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225143 | QUERY MODEL OVER INFORMATION AS A NETWORKED SERVICE - Data is published by publishers to an information service configured to receive data sets and allow consumers to consume the data sets via queries. Structural information of the data sets (e.g., column information) is presented to the publishers to select which information of the data sets can be a search parameter and which information can be returned in query results. Query interfaces are automatically created based on the selections by the publisher, and the back end databases are optimized for such query interfaces, e.g., creation of indexes based on the search parameters or query results selected by the publisher. A query aggregator can automatically combine a given query interface with other query interfaces to form more complicated (but still permitted) queries based on the intersection of permissions for the given query interface and the other query interfaces. | 09-15-2011 |
20120096093 | AVAILABILITY MANAGEMENT FOR REFERENCE DATA SERVICES - Various aspects for scaling an availability of information are disclosed. In one aspect, a response performance associated with responding to data consumption requests is monitored. A characterization of the response performance is ascertained, and a scaling of resources is facilitated based on the characterization. In another aspect, a data consumption status indicative of data consumed is ascertained. Here, a scalability interface is provided, which displays aspects of the status, and receives an input from a content provider. An allocation of resources is then modified in response to the input. In yet another aspect, a response performance associated with responding to data consumption requests is monitored. An application programming interface (API) call is generated based on a characterization of the response performance, and transmitted to a content provider. An API response is then received from the content provider indicating whether a scaling of resources for hosting the data was performed. | 04-19-2012 |
20120109937 | WEB SERVICES RUNTIME FOR DATASET TRANSFORMATION - Various aspects for providing a runtime for dataset transformation are disclosed. In one aspect, data consumption requests are received. The requested data is retrieved from a web service in an arbitrary form, and subsequently transformed into a standardized result from the arbitrary form. In another aspect, a user interface is displayed to a content provider, and an input identifying a transform function selected by the content provider is received via the user interface. A transform assembly is then generated based on the input, which facilitates retrieving data from a web service in an arbitrary form, and transforming the data into a standardized result by calling the selected transform function. In yet another aspect, third party code is associated with a transform assembly. An execution of the third party code is then managed such that at least one aspect of the transform assembly is operated according to the execution. | 05-03-2012 |
20120185509 | LIMITED SUBSCRIPTION THROTTLING - Embodiments are directed to providing a plurality of data provisioning tiers for datasets and to throttling access to dataset data based on the dataset's data provisioning tiers. In an embodiment, a computer system receives an input that specifies a maximum number of queries that a user is allowed to perform on a given dataset over a specified period of time. The computer system generates data provisioning tiers for the dataset based on the received input. Each data provisioning tier indicates a maximum number of queries that the user is allowed to perform on a given dataset over a specified period of time. The computer system also applies the generated data provisioning tiers to the dataset so that the user is limited to the maximum number of queries specified in the data provisioning tier. | 07-19-2012 |
20120197963 | CONFIGURATION BASED APPROACH TO UNIFY WEB SERVICES - Brokering requests between a user and a content provider. Methods include receiving, at the middleware system, a request for data from a user that is formatted in a first request format and requests data from a content provider. The request is translated to a second request format that is compatible with the content provider and sent to the content provider. A response is received from the content provider that includes hierarchically-structured content. The hierarchically-structured content is converted into tabular content by performing first queries on the hierarchically-structured content to identify repeating nodes, and mapping the repeating nodes to rows in the tabular format, and by performing second queries on the hierarchically-structured content to identify individual columns in the tabular format. | 08-02-2012 |
20120246334 | UNIFIED WEB SERVICE URI BUILDER AND VERIFICATION - Verifying a translation middleware piece. A first request is provided to a front end user service using a protocol appropriate for the front end user service, including a translation middleware piece. The translation middleware piece translates requests provided to the front end service to requests for back-end data stores. A first response to the first request to the front end user service is received. A second request is provided to a back-end data store. The second request to the back-end data store is in a format appropriate for the back-end data store and includes elements that should return the same results as the first request to the front end user service. A second response to the second request to the back-end data store is received. Based on the responses, a functional state is determined for at least one of the, front end, the back-end, or the translation middleware piece. | 09-27-2012 |
20120323950 | EMBEDDED QUERY FORMULATION SERVICE - Systems and methods for providing and utilizing a query formulation service are described herein. In accordance with certain embodiments, an application is configured to obtain data from a target data source by interacting with a data service that makes data from a plurality of data sources available, each data source supporting a different method of query formulation. To obtain data from the target data source, the application requests a query formulation user interface (UI) associated with the target data source from a query formulation service and embeds the requested query formulation UI when it is received from the query formulation service. A user of the application then interacts with the embedded query formulation UI to formulate a query that is suitable for obtaining data from the target data source and the application sends the query to the data service for execution against the target data source. | 12-20-2012 |
20130091138 | Contextualization, mapping, and other categorization for data semantics - Semantic categorization of data includes submitting obtained data values to a data enhancement service which has a semantic criterion for incoming data. A response from the service indicates whether the submitted data values meet the criterion, and is used to assign a likelihood that the values belong to a semantic category matching the criterion. Other semantic categorization operations do not necessarily use a data enhancement service. Some are based on which device was used to collect the data values, on a subject heading in which data was published, and/or on syntactic patterns. A semantic taxonomy shows semantic categorizations for one or more datasets and connections between datasets, possibly filtered per user request. Different versions of the taxonomy are stored for respective different users. Similarity between the data values can be assessed using semantic categorization. Taxonomies can be federated to allow exploration and understanding across multiple repositories. | 04-11-2013 |
20130124081 | Device Positioning Via Device-Sensed Data Evaluation - The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology by which data sensed at a device may be used to determine the likely location of the device, independent of whether GPS data is also available. In one aspect, information representing the sensed device data is sent to a remote service, where it is compared with similar information for known locations to find a matching location. In another aspect, the information is locally processed against locally cached information to find a matching location. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124372 | INTEGRATED MULTI-LICENSOR APPLICATION AND DATA PURVEYANCE - A single integrated offering includes a dataset license and a license to an application tailored for using the dataset. The dataset licensor and the application licensor are distinct entities. However, the integrated offering is electronically purveyed under a single offering price, in a public online marketplace and/or on licensor websites. In some cases, purveyance includes obtaining a purchaser's consents to the licenses, disclosing one or both of the licensors' identities, provisioning a purchaser with the dataset and the application, making payments to licensors, tax authorities, and/or other parties in response to a purchaser's payment, and reporting dataset/application usage to the licensors. Purveyor code permits cancelation of a purchase of the integrated offering only as a unified whole. | 05-16-2013 |
20130151363 | RECOGNIZING MISSING OFFERINGS IN A MARKETPLACE - A data fulfillment system is described herein that identifies data needs of data marketplace consumers and actively seeks out and attempts to fulfill those needs by adding new data and data providers to the marketplace. After a user enters a search, the system captures the search term(s). If no matching data is found, the data fulfillment system presents to the consumer a screen to suggest a new data offering and to provide a description of data for which the consumer was looking. The system then mines these consumer wants to seek partnerships programmatically by seeing who has this data or operates in this space. Thus, the data fulfillment system provides implicit and explicit ways for consumers to provide information describing data offerings that they want and for potential providers to learn about opportunities to fill current data gaps. | 06-13-2013 |
20130152215 | SECURE LOCATION COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS SERVICE - A location collection system is described herein that provides a uniform facility for reporting location data to a cloud-based service from a variety of devices, and that provides a uniform facility for accessing aggregated location data collected by the cloud-based service. The system collects location information related to a user and reports the location information to a central service to provide a variety of useful services to the user. By providing a big, secure location vault in the cloud, the system enables big data analytics to be used to allow current and future questions to be asked of this data and to correlate this with other data to enable new scenarios not yet enabled. Thus, the location collection system provides a model to report, gather, and analyze location data across devices and users. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159402 | SOCIAL ASPECTS FOR DATA COLLABORATION - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for enabling users to enhance datasets available at a data service. A data service maintains and publishes datasets provided by content providers. Users may be enabled to annotate datasets maintained by the data service, and to extend the datasets. A suggestion of a dataset may be provided to users based on information received from a community of users. Users may be enabled to generate assets, such as reports and applications, based on one or more datasets of the data service. Furthermore, users may be enabled to share annotated datasets and/or extended datasets in websites, applications, and devices. | 06-20-2013 |
20130246478 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SUBSCRIBED ACCESS TO DATA - Embodiments are directed to providing a plurality of data provisioning tiers for datasets and to throttling access to dataset data based on the dataset's data provisioning tiers. In an embodiment, a computer system receives an input that specifies a maximum number of queries that a user is allowed to perform on a given dataset over a specified period of time. The computer system generates data provisioning tiers for the dataset based on the received input. Each data provisioning tier indicates a maximum number of queries that the user is allowed to perform on a given dataset over a specified period of time. The computer system also applies the generated data provisioning tiers to the dataset so that the user is limited to the maximum number of queries specified in the data provisioning tier. | 09-19-2013 |
20130282748 | Self-Service Composed Web APIs - Individual datasets are accessed using an application programming interface (API). Multiple APIs may be combined into a composite API that allows a user to access multiple datasets using a single query. The composite API may be designed to provide a simpler way to consume information from multiple datasets in response to a particular scenario or problem. The composite API may comprise multiple levels of intermediate APIs that call on each other to access desired datasets. A user may select the datasets that the composite API accesses and/or the composite API may require certain specific datasets. The composite API may be offered for sale or use by other users via a website, such as a data market. | 10-24-2013 |
20130311447 | SCENARIO BASED INSIGHTS INTO STRUCTURE DATA - Querying a finite set of data sources. A method includes receiving a query from a user. The method further includes determining a set of two or more data sources from the finite set of data sources that together can be used to satisfy the query. The method further includes translating at least a portion of the query from the user to semantically appropriate queries for the two or more data sources. The method further includes receiving results from the two or more data sources to the semantically appropriate queries. The method further includes aggregating the results, and presenting the aggregation to the user. | 11-21-2013 |
20130339363 | DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION GENERATION AND IMPLEMENTATION - Embodiments are directed to selecting and applying data-specific presentations, to adaptively selecting visual presentations based on historical data and to providing rendering hints for data presentations. In one scenario, a computer system receives an indication that a visual presentation is to be applied to a specified portion of data. The computer system analyzes the specified data to determine which of a plurality of data presentations is most relevant for the specified data. The relevance is based on relevancy factors including one or more of the following: end-user profile, structure of the specified data and patterns within the specified data. The computer system then applies the determined appropriate visual presentation to the specified data. | 12-19-2013 |
20140019423 | DATA LINEAGE ACROSS MULTIPLE MARKETPLACES - Tracking lineage of data. A method may be practiced in a network computing environment including a plurality of interconnected systems where data is shared between the systems. A method includes accessing a dataset. The dataset is associated with lineage metadata. The lineage metadata includes data indicating the original source of the data, one or more intermediary entities that have performed operations on the dataset, and the nature of operations performed on the dataset. A first entity performs an operation on the dataset. As a result of performing a first operation on the dataset, the method includes updating the lineage metadata to indicate that the first entity performed the operation on the dataset. The method further includes providing functionality for determining if the lineage metadata has been compromised in that the lineage metadata has been at least one of removed from association with the dataset, is corrupted, or is incomplete. | 01-16-2014 |
20140067371 | CONTEXT SENSITIVE AUTO-CORRECTION - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for adaptively autocorrecting text according to context. Text may be received at a mobile electronic device that was input by a user. The received text may be displayed at a display component of the mobile electronic device. An auto-correct dictionary is selected from a plurality of auto-correct dictionaries. The auto-correct dictionary may be selected based at least on usage information that is representative of a usage context of the mobile electronic device. The displayed text is auto-corrected according to the selected auto-correct dictionary. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074576 | PUBLIC ONLINE ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPING DATA-RICH APPLICATIONS - Techniques are described herein that are capable of facilitating development of data-rich applications. A data-rich application is an application (e.g., a software application) that is configured to perform an analysis of data (e.g., structured data, unstructured data, or a combination thereof) and to provide information based on the analysis. In accordance with the aforementioned techniques, a public online environment may be provided in which application developers are allowed to access representative samples of data owned by data owners at a substantially reduced cost (e.g., free) to facilitate development of the data-rich applications. | 03-13-2014 |
20140331155 | Web Service Interface and Querying - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed to generate an interface for a web service and to query the web service. A method includes generating a user interface associated with a web service. The user interface includes one or more input parameter options associated with the web service. The user interface is generated based on a service specification and one or more series specifications associated with the service specification. User input is received via the user interface, where the user input includes a selection of at least one of the one or more input parameter options. A query of the web service is generated based on the user input, and the query reflects at least one selected input parameter option. | 11-06-2014 |
20150074078 | PROVIDING ENHANCED CONNECTION DATA FOR SHARED RESOURCES - Embodiments are directed to establishing a metadata repository that aggregates metadata for a plurality of data sources, inferring data source metadata at a metadata repository and to providing recommendations to data managers based on aggregated inputs. In one scenario, a computer system establishes a reference to one or more data sources, where each data source includes data elements. The computer system receives a data request for specified data elements stored on the data sources and accesses the established references to determine which data source the specified data elements are stored on. The computer system then retrieves at least one of the specified data elements from its determined data source and sends the retrieved data elements to a specified computer system, along with an indication of additional data elements that are relevant to the received data request, and a further indication of how those additional data elements are to be accessed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074096 | INTERFACES FOR ACCESSING AND MANAGING ENHANCED CONNECTION DATA FOR SHARED RESOURCES - Embodiments are directed to providing access to supplemental query data that is relevant to a data query. In one scenario, a computer system receives an input indicating that a data query is to be processed, where the input provides various search criteria. The computer system then generates the data query according to the search criteria in the received input. The computer system further sends the data query to a second computer system which is configured to process the data query and receives the results of the data query. The results indicate that additional data elements relevant to the search criteria have been identified. The computer system then displays an indication of various steps that are to be taken in order to access the identified additional data elements. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074565 | INTERFACES FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED CONNECTION DATA FOR SHARED RESOURCES - Embodiments described herein are directed to generating and displaying a user interface that allows data managers to provide supplemental metadata for data sources. In one scenario, a computer system generates a UI that shows an indication of data elements to which a metadata catalog is linked. The metadata catalog includes references to different data sources that store data elements. The UI receives an input indicating that metadata for at least one of the data sources is to be modified. The modification includes providing additional metadata for a specified data source, providing documentation for a specified data source and/or providing an entry point for an access request workflow. The computer system performs the received data source metadata modification according to the received input and, upon determining that the metadata has been modified, displays the updated metadata for the data sources in the UI. | 03-12-2015 |