Method for processing a file to generate a database

Patent 6247018 Issued on June 12, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 16, 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.

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Inventor

Rheaume, Gary P.

Assignee

Platinum Technology, Inc.

Application

No. 09/061819 filed on 04/16/1998

US Classes:

707/102, Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)707/3, Query processing (i.e., searching)715/509Table

Examiners

Primary: Amsbury, Wayne

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Baker & Mckenzie

International Class

G06F 17/30 (20060101)

Abstract

A method for automatically processing a file, such as a web page or an ASCII file, is provided to treat the file as a database with one or more database tables. An HTML page is retrieved from a user specified URL or from a disk file and is parsed for any HTML tables or text blocks that are translated into a database table in a database representation of the HTML page. ASCII files can also be parsed to identify data blocks to be represented as a database table.

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