IP Library Granted Patent US 12,153,615
Granted Patent B2
US 12,153,615 · App. 18/221,451 · Granted Nov 26, 2024

Developing object ontologies and data usage models using machine learning

Inventor: Benjamin Colby Jones (Tuscumbia, AL)
Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
G06F16/367G06F16/2445G06F40/30G06N20/00
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Patent No.
US 12,153,615
App. No.
18/221,451
Granted
Nov 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An enterprise ontology, an application data usage model, and/or cross-application data dependencies may be developed using artificial intelligence. Using pattern recognition and/or information extraction techniques, the artificial intelligence may analyze application source code to identify common DDL or SQL statements to formulate an ontology and/or a usage model for the application. A plurality of application ontologies and/or data usage models may be used to build a semantic hub. The semantic hub may be analyzed to identify data redundancies, data use frequency, potential data quality challenges, and/or data dependencies between applications to produce a data abstraction model that allows legacy applications to communicate with one or more data stores.

Claims (46)

1. A method comprising:

generating, by a computing device and based on a link between one or more data statements and database object metadata, a first application data usage model illustrating a relationship between a first application and one or more data stores;

generating, based on the first application data usage model and based on at least one second application data usage model, a semantic hub; and

generating, based on the semantic hub, a data abstraction model configured to transform data exchanges between a second application and at least one data store of the one or more data stores.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing the semantic hub to be displayed via a dashboard.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying, for the first application data usage model and the at least one second application data usage model, and by using a machine learning model configured to analyze the semantic hub, at least one of a data redundancy, a data use frequency, a data quality challenge, or a data dependency.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein identifying at least one of a data redundancy, a data use frequency, a data quality challenge, or a data dependency comprises comparing the first application data usage model with the at least one second application data usage model.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data abstraction model further comprises one or more microservices that facilitate at least one of application modernization, data consolidation, or data quality improvement.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more data statements comprise at least one of:

an insert statement;

a select statement;

an update statement; or

a delete statement.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing, based on an analysis of the semantic hub, one or more data lineage maps to be displayed on a user device.

8. A computing device comprising

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:

generate, based on a link between one or more data statements and database object metadata, a first application data usage model illustrating a relationship between a first application and one or more data stores;

generate, based on the first application data usage model and based on at least one second application data usage model, a semantic hub; and

generate, based on the semantic hub, a data abstraction model configured to transform data exchanges between a second application and at least one data store of the one or more data stores.

9. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to cause the semantic hub to be displayed via a dashboard.

10. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to identify, for the first application data usage model and the at least one second application data usage model, and by using a machine learning model configured to analyze the semantic hub, at least one of a data redundancy, a data use frequency, a data quality challenge, or a data dependency.

11. The computing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to identify the at least one of a data redundancy, a data use frequency, a data quality challenge, or a data dependency by comparing the first application data usage model with the at least one second application data usage model.

12. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the data abstraction model further comprises one or more microservices that facilitate at least one of application modernization, data consolidation, or data quality improvement.

13. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more data statements comprise at least one of:

an insert statement;

a select statement;

an update statement; or

a delete statement.

14. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to cause, based on an analysis of the semantic hub, one or more redundancies between the first application and the second application to be displayed on a user device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to:

generate, based on a link between one or more data statements and database object metadata, a first application data usage model illustrating a relationship between a first application and one or more data stores;

generate, based on the first application data usage model and based on at least one second application data usage model, a semantic hub; and

generate, based on the semantic hub, a data abstraction model configured to transform data exchanges between a second application and at least one data store of the one or more data stores.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to cause the semantic hub to be displayed via a dashboard.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to identify, for the first application data usage model and the at least one second application data usage model, and by using a machine learning model configured to analyze the semantic hub, at least one of a data redundancy, a data use frequency, a data quality challenge, or a data dependency.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to identify the at least one of a data redundancy, a data use frequency, a data quality challenge, or a data dependency by comparing the first application data usage model with the at least one second application data usage model.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the data abstraction model further comprises one or more microservices that facilitate at least one of application modernization, data consolidation, or data quality improvement.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more data statements comprise at least one of:

an insert statement;

a select statement;

an update statement; or

a delete statement.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2025
From: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073170/0273 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2023
From: JONES, BENJAMIN COLBY
To: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064240/0666 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17358322 · Jun 25, 2021
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