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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Virginia Ann DiDomizio, Latham, NY (US);
Walter Vincent Dixon, III, Delanson, NY (US);
Scott D. Epter, Rhinebeck, NY (US);
Louis John Hoebel, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Osman Rifki Oksoy, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jonathan Peter Stillman, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Jennifer M. Corman, Schenectady, NY (US);
Lockhead Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A method and system for accessing information or data from distributed databases is disclosed. Generally, the method includes the steps of receiving an unstructured query from a user, generalizing the query to expand the query, receiving from the user selected terms of the expanded query, searching a directory for database tables and/or attributes matching the selected terms, and generating a pictorial query using database tables suggested as relevant by the search. Thereafter, an SQL query may be generated to retrieve the relevant data from the actual distributed databases.