Inventors:
Adam FERRARI - Cambridge MA, US
Joshua William KAPELL - Brooklyn NY, US
Jason FURTADO - Boston MA, US
Matthew L. BRANDWEIN - San Francisco CA, US
Spiro MICHAYLOV - Kirkland WA, US
Omri TRAUB - Brookline MA, US
Eli DANIEL - Somerville MA, US
Vladimir ZELEVINSKY - Sharon MA, US
Alexander D. ROSEN - Somerville MA, US
John HUFFAKER - Boston MA, US
Gregory C. SCOTT - Boston MA, US
Eugene JITOMIRSKY - Somerville MA, US
Assignee:
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION - Redwood Shores CA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
US Classification:
707687, 707769, 707E17014
Abstract:
Systems and methods for information retrieval are provided that permit users and/or processing entities to access and define synthetic data, synthetic objects, and/or synthetic groupings of data in one or more collections of information. In one embodiment, data access on an information retrieval system can occur through an interpretation layer which interprets any synthetic data against data physically stored in the collection. Synthetic data can define virtual data objects, virtual data elements, virtual data attributes, virtual data groupings, and/or data entities that can be interpreted against data that may be stored physically in the collection of information. The system and methods for information retrieval can return results from the one or more collections of information based not only on the data stored, but also on the virtual data generated from interpretation of the stored data.