U.S. patents available from 1976 to present.
U.S. patent applications available from 2005 to present.

Information repository system and method including data objects and a relationship object

Patent 6263341 Issued on July 17, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject July 17, 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 References

Hyperedge entity-relationship data base systems
Patent #: 4479196
Issued on: 10/23/1984
Inventor: Ferrer ,   et al.

Retrieval of related records from a relational database
Patent #: 4805099
Issued on: 02/14/1989
Inventor: Huber

System and method of constructing models of complex business transactions using entity-set variables for ordered sets of references to user data
Patent #: 5249300
Issued on: 09/28/1993
Inventor: Bachman, et al.

Information repository system and method for modeling data Patent #: 5978811
Issued on: 11/02/1999
Inventor: Smiley

Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 475247 filed on 06/07/1995

US Classes:

707/103R, Object-oriented database structure707/102Generating database or data structure (e.g., via user interface)

Examiners

Primary: Kolik, Paul V.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 017/30

Abstract

A data model for an information repository (10) models data as objects (12), the relationships (14) or interdependencies between the data, their physical storage or access information (18) and rules or methods of accessing the data (16).

Other References

  • Joseph, et al. "Object-Oriented Databases: Design and Implementation" Proc IEEE, vol. 79 No. 1, 1991, pp. 42-64
  • Blaha, et al., "Relational Database Design Using Object Oriented Methodologies," Communications ACM, vol. 31, Apr. 1988, pp. 414-420
  • Burns, et al., "A Graphical Entity-Relationship Database Browser", IEEE Computer, 1988, pp. 694-704
  • Cheng Hsu et al., "A Meta Data System For Information Modeling and Integration," 1st Int'l Conference on Systems Integration, 1990, pp. 616-62
PatentsPlus Images
Enhanced PDF formats
loading...
PatentsPlus: add to cart
PatentsPlus: add to cartSearch-enhanced full patent PDF image
$9.95more info
PatentsPlus: add to cart
PatentsPlus: add to cartIntelligent turbocharged patent PDFs with marked up images
$16.95more info
 
Sign InRegister
Username  
Password   
forgot password?