Broker-based middleware for cross-silo enterprise analytics
This system acts as an intelligent data broker network that fields complex questions by dynamically routing requests across multiple information sources. When a user asks a question, the system checks whether it already has the data needed to answer it; if not, it automatically spins up a new specialized broker to go retrieve the missing data from a relevant source. Each broker can communicate with others through a shared exchange, so they collaborate to piece together answers that no single source could provide alone. The result is a unified response assembled from multiple disparate data repositories without the user needing to know where the data came from.
What you could build
A middleware platform for enterprise intelligence or government analytics that lets analysts query across multiple data systems—databases, APIs, classified repositories—through a single interface without manual data integration work. Primary buyers would be federal agencies, defense contractors, and large enterprises with fragmented data estates.
Who in Virginia should care
Federal agencies and defense contractors in the Northern Virginia corridor (e.g., DHS, DoD, IC community integrators) that manage multi-source data environments are a natural fit.
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
- Granted
- June 14, 2016
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 9367805
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