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US 6,446,074 B1Granted
System and method for defining, building, and maintaining database files
AssigneeAlcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.
InventorsDonald W. Miller, Jr., Michael E. Hellemn
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Abstract
A system for defining, building, and maintaining database files includes a database builder, a user interface, and a memory. The database builder provides screen displays to the user interface to allow access to databases within the memory. The database builder provides a capability to manage binary files of databases in the memory.
Claims16
A system for defining, building, and maintaining database files, comprising:
- a memory operable to store a plurality of databases, the plurality of databases having a relationship among one another;
- a database builder, the database builder operable to access the plurality of databases stored in the memory, to learn the relationships among the plurality of databases, to identify database structures of the plurality of databases, and further operable to allow the user to insert and delete fields from the database structures;
- binary data files of the plurality of databases being automatically reformatted to new database structures created as a result of the insertion and deletion of fields from the data base structures;
- and
- a user interface coupled to the database builder, the database builder operable to provided access for a user to the plurality of databases.
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A method for defining, building, and maintaining database files, comprising:
- storing a plurality of databases in a memory, the plurality of databases having a relationship among one another;
- identifying the relationships among the plurality of databases;
- providing access to the plurality of databases in response to the identified relationships;
- identifying database structures of the plurality of databases;
- altering fields of the database structures;
- and
- reformatting the plurality of databases in response to altered database structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.