Data controlling device
AssigneeDescartes Systems Europe B.V.
InventorDouwe Folkert Tolsma
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Abstract
A device for managing data relating to entities which may or may not be known beforehand comprises a central processing unit which, supplied with a suitable program code, is capable of receiving and storing the data in the form of status messages relating to one or more entities. The data is stored in a dynamic structure which for each entity provides space for a unique identification and for a first collection of references to possible subordinate entities and a second collection of references to superior entities. The structure is herein set up such that a status message relating to any entity is likewise valid for each subordinate entity associated with the relevant entity by means of its first collection.
Claims4
Device for managing data relating to entities which may or may not be known beforehand, comprising a central processing unit which, supplied with a suitable program code, is capable of receiving and storing the data in the form of status messages relating to one or more entities, characterized in that the data is stored in a dynamic structure which for each entity provides space for a unique identification and for a first collection of references to possible subordinate entities and a second collection of references to superior entities such that a status message relating to an entity is likewise valid for each subordinate entity associated with the relevant entity by means of its first collection wherein the device is characterized in that at least one conditional statement is linked to one or more entities in the structure, which statement results in the outcome provided therein as soon as the set condition is fulfilled.
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