Method for integrating various information objects among different databases into a system structure
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorYih-Ping Luh
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Abstract
Based upon an item master, the present invention establishes a 3-tier data structure containing a bill of material (BOM), an item master, and a related information object (a file or datum) and integrates various information management software modules or information objects stored in the BOM, the item master and the related information object in the same database into an information module. For the information modules in different databases, the present invention further utilizes the tree structure of the item master to link required information together, forming an integrated information structure that enables each information object to communicate with one another and share information among databases.
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An integration method for linking various information objects among different databases into a system structure that enables the information objects to communicate and share information, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing item master objects in said databases, respectively, each of said item master objects used for linking all information related to a particular product in the respective database;
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- establishing an item master object tree structure across said different databases, wherein the item master object tree structure comprises an item master management object and the item master objects distributed in the databases that are linked together wherein each of the item master objects is a daughter node of the item master management object.
An integration structure for integrating information stored in different sites, the integrating structure comprising:
- a plurality of databases, including at least one bill of material (BOM) object and a related information object;
- an item master object constructed in each of the databases to form an information module with a 3-tier data structure by linking with the BOM object and the related information object for integrating all information related to a particular product;
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- an information integration database, which includes at least one item master management object and cross-database linking nodes that link the item master management objects, wherein the item master management objects form a cross-database item master tree structure through the hyperlinks between the cross-database linking nodes and the item master object and the item master management object is a parent node of the item master object to link all of the item master objects of a product in the plurality of databases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.