Robert Allen Macgregor

US Patent:

20060106876, May 18, 2006

Filed:

Nov 10, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/271728

Inventors:

Robert MacGregor - Manhattan Beach CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707104100

Abstract:

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that re-uses presentation data across templates in an ontology, wherein an ontology is a logic structure that defines semantics for a set of data, and wherein a template is a representation of a contextualized view of the meta-data of the ontology. During operation, the system produces a “decorated template” by associating paths in the template with decorations that describe how to present the set of data represented by the meta-data of the ontology. The system then attempts to identify matching paths in a second template. Any identified matching paths in the second template are associated with the decorations for corresponding matching paths from the decorated templates, thereby automatically attaching information from a path in the decorated template to a matching path in the second template.

US Patent:

20080126399, May 29, 2008

Filed:

Jun 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/771981

Inventors:

Robert M. MacGregor - Manhattan Beach CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707102, 715764, 707E17049

Abstract:

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates optimizing data within a data storage system while preserving provenance information for the data. During operation, the system receives a first data triple comprising a first subject, a first predicate, and a first object. Next, the system determines a provenance of the first data triple, wherein the provenance facilitates determining the source of the triple. The system then creates one or more first provenance triples comprising the provenance of the first data triple. Next, the system creates a first bridge triple comprising a first context, a “hasProvenance” predicate, and the first provenance, wherein the first bridge triple relates the first context to the first provenance. Finally, the system converts the first data triple into a first quadruple comprising the first subject, the first predicate, the first object, and the first context.