Relational database access system using semantically dynamic objects

Patent 5555403 Issued on September 10, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 10, 2013. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Business Objects, S.A.

Application

No. 800506 filed on 11/27/1991

US Classes:

707/4Query formulation, input preparation, or translation

Examiners

Primary: Kulik, Paul V.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

Foreign Patent References

0120185 EP. 10/11/1984
0439937 EP. 08/11/1991
0455447 EP. 11/11/1991

International Class

G06F 017/30

Abstract

A relational database access system and method provides a new data representation and a query technique which allows information system end users to access (query) relational databases without knowing the relational structure or the structure query language (SQL). The present invention utilizes semantically dynamic objects.

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