Patent ReferencesAssociative data access method (ADAM) and its means of implementation Patent #: 4604686 InventorsApplicationNo. 06/775927 filed on 09/13/1985US Classes:707/201Coherency (e.g., same view to multiple users)ExaminersPrimary: Zache, Raulfe B.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 17/22 (20060101)G06F 17/30 (20060101) H04L 29/00 (20060101) AbstractApparatus for integrating independent computer systems with associated heterogeneous data bases having some common or shared data entities. The apparatus includes an update capturing module installed at each of the computer systems, for capturing update transactions involving shared data entities, and a central data translator, which receives the updates from the update capturing modules, translates the updates into appropriate record formats and data base schemas, and transmits the translated replicas to the appropriate separate computer systems, where the updates are directly or indirectly entered into the corresponding data bases, thereby ensuring consistency among the separate but related data bases. | |