Systems and methods for retrieving data utilizing a social intelligence fusion toolkit (SIFT)

摘要

Some embodiments are directed to a method for exchanging data between a user terminal, and a first data source and a second data source, the method including configuring a user-defined XML configuration file stored on a portal server. The method further includes retrieving data periodically from the first data source via a periodically executed application and retrieving data aperiodically from the second data source via an aperiodically executed application. The method further includes storing a combined data retrieved from the first data source and the second data sources in a database. The method further includes displaying the combined data on the user terminal in accordance with at least one option specified in the user-defined XML configuration file.