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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2008
Andrey Balmin, San Jose, CA (US);
Heasoo Hwang, La Jolla, CA (US);
Mir Hamid Pirahesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Berthold Reinwald, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrey Balmin, San Jose, CA (US);
Heasoo Hwang, La Jolla, CA (US);
Mir Hamid Pirahesh, San Jose, CA (US);
Berthold Reinwald, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for executing a query on linked data sources. Embodiments of the invention generate an instance graph expressing relationships between objects in the linked data sources and receive a query including at least first and second search terms. The first search term is then executed on the instance graph and a summary graph is generated using the results of the executing step. A second search term is then executed on the summary graph.