Patent ID: 6405211
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of generating a peer information container identifying attributes of an object that occupies space and has physical properties, a system or a methodology, by a process of assimilating a plurality of information containers each dealing with such attributes, comprising:providing a plurality of information containers each comprising a plurality of information objects having potentially different structures, at least one of said information objects identifying an attribute and a value, value range or description of said attribute, parsing information objects of said information containers, selecting a pair of information objects identifying a common attribute, and, without regard to the structure of the objects, combining values, value ranges and/or descriptions of said common attribute identified by said pair of information objects, to produce a new information object for the attribute identified by said selected pair of information objects, and generating a new peer information container comprising at least said new information object.