- Number
- 9965532
- Published
- 2018-05-08
- Filed
- 2015-07-31
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Accardo; Anthony M. et al.
- CPC
- G06F16/258
- Verdict
- Set aside asset-data integration, business/IT
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
There are provided asset-data integration systems and methods for use by such systems. Such a system includes a hardware processor, a system memory, and an asset-data synthesis unit including a data translation module and a data integration module, stored in the system memory. The system is configured to receive domain specific asset description data expressed using different descriptive vocabularies, and to translate the domain specific asset description data to produce common format asset description data. The system is further configured to identify the common format asset description data describing the same asset, to integrate that common format asset description data to produce an integrated asset description data describing the asset, and to generate a synthesized data describing the asset and linking the integrated asset description data and the domain specific asset description data.
Background
BACKGROUND(1) Asset classification and metadata governance systems have traditionally been structured as hierarchical taxonomies. Because such traditionally structured systems are static and fail to allow for dynamic data models, users of those systems typically encounter significant problems in terms of asset categorization, organization, and retrieval. Although the limitations imposed by these hierarchically structured taxonomies may be tolerable for a single data repository used in isolation, problems may become intractable when attempting to govern data across multiple independent data domains. For example, it becomes difficult and in some instances impracticable to resolve unique asset identifiers across systems and to govern vocabulary across the various domains.SUMMARY(2) There are provided asset-data integration systems and methods, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, and as set forth more completely in the claims.
Claims
1. An asset-data integration system comprising: a hardware processor and a system memory; an asset-data synthesis unit stored in the system memory, the asset-data synthesis unit including a data translation module and a data integration module; wherein the hardware processor is configured to execute the asset-data synthesis unit to: receive a first and a second domain specific asset description data, the first and second domain specific asset description data being expressed using different descriptive vocabularies; translate the first and second domain specific asset description data to a common descriptive vocabulary to produce respective first and second common format asset description data; identify the first and second common format asset description data as describing a same asset; integrate the first and second common format asset description data to produce an integrated asset description data describing the same asset, the integrated asset description data including a graphical representation corresponding to attributes of the same asset described by the first and second common format description data; and generate a synthesized data describing the same asset, the synthesized data linking the integrated asset description data and the first and second domain specific asset description data.
10. A method for use by an asset-data integration system having a hardware processor, the method comprising: receiving, using the hardware processor, a first and a second domain specific asset description data, the first and second domain specific asset description data being expressed using different descriptive vocabularies; translating, using the hardware processor, the first and second domain specific asset description data to a common descriptive vocabulary to produce respective first and second common format asset description data; identifying, using the hardware processor, the first and second common format asset description data as describing a same asset; integrating, using the hardware processor, the first and second common format asset description data to produce an integrated asset description data describing the same asset, the integrated asset description data including a graphical representation corresponding to attributes of the same asset described by the first and second common format description data; and generating, using the hardware processor, a synthesized data describing the same asset, the synthesized data linking the integrated asset description data and the first and second domain specific asset description data.
20. An asset-data integration system comprising: a user interface; a hardware processor and a system memory; a central asset database stored in the system memory; and an asset-data synthesis unit stored in the system memory, the asset-data synthesis unit including a data translation module and a data integration module; wherein the hardware processor is configured to execute the asset-data synthesis unit to: receive a first and a second domain specific asset description data, the first and second domain specific asset description data being expressed using different descriptive vocabularies; translate the first and second domain specific asset description data to a common descriptive vocabulary to produce respective first and second common format asset description data; identify the first and second common format asset description data as describing a same asset; integrate the first and second common format asset description data to produce an integrated asset description data describing the same asset; generate a synthesized data describing the same asset, the synthesized data linking the integrated asset description data and the first and second domain specific asset description data; store the synthesized data in the central asset database; receive an asset search data through a user interface of the asset-data integration system from a system user, the search data describing a plurality of asset attributes; search the central asset database for at least one database entry corresponding to the search data; and determine that the same asset corresponds to the search data if the synthesized data describing the same asset includes at least one of the plurality of asset attributes.