Self-extending broker platform for multi-source data fusion
This technology is an intelligent data system that automatically expands its own capabilities when it encounters a question it cannot yet answer. It works by using a set of specialized data agents called 'brokers,' each of which can access and interpret data from different sources. When a user asks a question the system cannot answer with existing data, it automatically creates new brokers—derived from the existing ones—to pull in whatever additional information is needed. The result is a self-extending knowledge base that grows on demand rather than requiring manual configuration every time a new data need arises.
What you could build
An enterprise intelligence platform that dynamically fuses data from multiple internal and external sources without IT intervention each time a new query type arises; target buyers would be large enterprises or government agencies managing complex, multi-source analytical workflows such as fraud detection, supply chain monitoring, or intelligence analysis.
Who in Virginia should care
Defense contractors, intelligence community integrators, and federal IT services firms in the Northern Virginia corridor would be the most plausible interested parties given the multi-source data fusion angle.
Readiness: Concept
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Christopher L. Barrett, Madhav V. Marathe, Keith R. Bisset, Paula E. Stretz
- Granted
- March 25, 2014
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 8682828
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