Patent ID: 8090685
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A first node of a plurality of nodes connectable via one or more networks, comprising: a processor; and a memory component communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory component having stored therein computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to implement at least one of a first filtered knowledge or a second filtered knowledge representing knowledge of respective subsets of information about the set of objects where the set of objects are represented on the first node with a first schema and represented on the second node with a second schema different from the first schema, wherein the first schema and the second schema have at least one overlapping schema element that can be synchronized as a subset; and filtered knowledge of the first node comprising an exception, representing a situation in which a different amount of information is known about an item or range of items than for a whole scope of items corresponding to the set of objects represented on the first node, the first node creating the exception in response to receiving partial knowledge from the second node.