Broker-based query platform for federated enterprise data
This technology is a software architecture that uses independent software agents called 'brokers' to gather and combine data from multiple different sources in order to answer user queries. When a user makes a request, the system checks whether it already has the needed data on hand; if not, it automatically creates new broker agents that go fetch the missing information and add it to a shared dataset. The brokers can spawn additional brokers as needed, making the system extensible and self-building as more questions are asked. The result is a unified response drawn from heterogeneous data sources without the user needing to know where the data came from.
What you could build
An enterprise data federation or intelligent query platform that automatically routes and aggregates information from internal databases, APIs, and third-party feeds to answer business questions in real time; likely buyers are large enterprises, government agencies, or analytics platform vendors needing to unify siloed data.
Who in Virginia should care
Northern Virginia's dense concentration of federal IT contractors, defense intelligence agencies, and cloud service providers would have natural interest in a system that federates queries across classified and unclassified data sources.
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
- January 16, 2018
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 9870531
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