Patent ID: 11874829
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a first query for information in a first graph subpart of a graph, the first query indicating an anchor resource to be used when executing the first query to identify a context or a starting resource for evaluating the first query;
traversing the first graph subpart to generate a traversal path associated with the first query, wherein the traversal path is comprised of one or more first resources and one or more relationships;
determining whether a first resource of the traversal path is a cross-graph reference resource associated with a second graph subpart of the graph, the cross-graph reference resource comprising at least one of:
a second query used to identify a second resource in the second graph subpart;
a subpart identifier used to identify the second graph subpart; or
a property identifier used to identify one or more properties associated with the second resource;

based on determining that the first resource of the traversal path is the cross-graph reference resource, storing the traversal path in a traversal path data structure for transmission to the second graph subpart; and
based on determining that the first resource of the traversal path is not the cross-graph reference resource, providing the traversal path as a result to the first query.