Christopher C Pate

US Patent:

20110289070, Nov 24, 2011

Filed:

May 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/801077

Inventors:

Greg A. Wade - Shiloh IL, US
Christopher W. Pate - O'Fallon IL, US
Jason E. Lee - O'Fallon IL, US

Assignee:

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION - Bethesda MD

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707718, 707E17017, 707E17055

Abstract:

A resource coordinating system is provided. The resource coordinating system has an interface module that receives a request from a user and an ontology framework module including a plurality of objects, each object being associated with a respective resource. The resource coordinating system also has a search module that coordinates a retrieval of information from one or more resources based on a search strategy generated in response to the user's request and an output module that generates an output to the user based on the retrieved information wherein, the search strategy selects objects from the ontology framework module based on the user's request and each selected object directs the search module to its associated resource.