ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,802, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Salesforce Inc. (San Francisco).
"Systems and methods for semantic query processing" was invented by Lior Ebel (Tel Aviv, Israel), Jonathan Alden Drake (Shoreline, Wash.) and Trevor Hall (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semantic query processing system enables data analytics through a metadata-driven architecture. The system processes analytical queries through a layered execution path that maintains consistent logic across system components. For incoming semantic queries, the system coordinates processing between semantic and storage layers instead of, or in addition to, requiring pre...