Abstract: A context object provides an interface between structured data present in a database, and relevant unstructured data that is available outside of the database. The context object includes an objective, and access to unstructured data is determined based upon the objective. According to certain embodiments a context object may be configured to store meta information related to the structured data, for example references in the form of active links to pertinent entries in an email system, a social network, a wild, and/or blog. Maintenance of the context object may be achieved through automated crawling techniques and/or manual intervention by the user.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system to determine the best transportation guidelines for shipping a set of resources from a source location to a target location. The system may include sorting a set of shipping guidelines based on the cost of shipping the set of products. The best transportation guidelines may be selected based on a combination of the best cost and best utilization of transport capacity.