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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Krithiga Gopalan, Singapore, IN;
Mohamad Raja Gani Mohamad Abdul, Madurai, IN;
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A virtual directory server (VDS) provided according to an aspect of the present disclosure maintains attribute data identifying a corresponding set of stored attributes associated with each data source, with each data source storing values for associated set of stored attributes. Upon receiving a first request based on query attributes, the VDS identifies a set of data sources based on the stored attribute data, with each data source storing values for at least one of the query attributes. The VDS then forms constituent requests, with each constituent request having a corresponding pruned filter suitable for the respective data source. The constituent requests are sent to the respective data sources. The VDS forms a final response from the constituent responses received from the corresponding data sources by joining the constituent entries, and sends the final response to a client system from which the first request is received.