Defining relationships between classes allows Freedombase to create a network of paths between classes, where the data in those classes is related, either directly or distantly.

The patent that has been accepted for Freedombase, and the awards that Freedombase has been recoginised in, were granted partly for the method that Freedombase uses to achieve this; essentially, Freedombase creates a network of paths throughout all related data.

Freedombase can then use this network to find data related to other data, regardless of the closeness or distance of the relationship.

It is this method that allows Freedombase to use the third attribute mode in calculations, the Distant Stored Mode.