US 5,673,429 AGranted

Database display system using list management of display formats

AssigneeFujitsu Limited

InventorsMasamitsu Minatogawa, Maki Sakuta, Masayuki Shibano

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Abstract

A database display system is provided which makes it unnecessary for the user to remember each of the names or locations of display formats in cases where a plurality of display formats are associated with a database. An external storage holds, in addition to a data section for storing instance groups, a management section in which a plurality of display formats are collectively stored. A display format list displaying unit displays the display formats stored in the management section in the form of a list to permit a desired display format to be selected and specified, and the display conditions of the specified display format are analyzed by a display format analyzing unit. When instances are read from the data section by instance read-in means, they are edited in memory means according to the analyzed display format, and a list of the edited instances is displayed by a display unit.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A database display system comprising:

storage means for holding a database which includes a data section for storing groups of instances and a management section for storing all of a plurality of display formats;
display format list displaying means for displaying all of the display formats stored in the management section in a list form, to permit a desired display format to be selected and specified;
display format analyzing means for retrieving the display format specified by said display format list displaying means from the management section, and analyzing display conditions of the retrieved display format;
instance read-in means for reading instances required by the specified display format from the data section;
memory means for generating a list of the read instances edited according to the specified display format;
and
display means for displaying the list of the instances and a list of all of the display formats stored in the management section.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/509,012Filed 31 Jul 1995
Priority: JP 6-29942612 Feb 1994
Granted: 30 Sep 1997
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Classification5 codes

G09G 5/00
Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators
G06F 3/04895
Using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof: guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
G09G 2360/02
Aspects of the architecture of display systems: graphics controller able to handle multiple formats, e.g. input or output formats
G09G
Arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to