Method and apparatus based on relational database design techniques supporting modeling, analysis and automatic hypertext generation for structured document collections
Patent 6212530 Issued on April 3, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date: 
May 12, 2018. 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.
May 12, 2018. 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.Patent ReferencesBusiness modeling, software engineering and prototyping method and apparatus Synthesized object-oriented entity-relationship (SOOER) model for coupled knowledge-base/database of image retrieval expert system (IRES) Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications Patent #: 5822745 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 076373 filed on 05/12/1998US Classes:707/201, Coherency (e.g., same view to multiple users)707/102, Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)707/200FILE OR DATABASE MAINTENANCEExaminersPrimary: Alam, Hosain T.Assistant: Corrielus, Jean B. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 017/30AbstractA computer method and apparatus for generating and maintaining a structured collection of documents describing a desired system is provided. A conceptual model of the desired system includes entities and relationships among the entities. An entity-relationship diagram is representative of the desired system. Documents are categorized and subsequently maintained with respect to the entities in the entity-relationship diagram. A hierarchy of process-message matrices is employed to determine the communications or dynamic exchanges of message entities in the modeled system and reflected in the entity-relationship diagram. A relational database implements the model and holds document contents (i.e., actual information) needed to automatically generate the collection of documents in a complete formatted manner for printing and/or compiling through word processing and/or compilation and linking means. The database further enables automatic hypertext generation by mapping interdependencies (relationships) between the entities into interdependencies (links) between the documents. One application of the invention automatically generates and maintains a collection of hypertext documents describing a business system.Other References
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