Method, apparatus, system, and program product for attaching files and other objects to a partially replicated database
AssigneeSiebel Systems, Inc.
InventorsRobert A. Brodersen, Prashant Chatterjee, Jeffrey I. Cohen, Peter Siam Sy Lim III
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Abstract
Attaching files and other objects in a distributed computing environment. This includes adding file attachments and non-database objects, such as, text file data, web file data, image file data, and other file attachment objects to databases. These objects may be retrieved at the convenience of a node to which the objects are sent. Visibility rules can be set to determine which attachments and objects are seen by a node. Distribution rules for an object determine whether a node must request the object or whether the node is forced to receive the object.
Claims19
A method in a computing system for augmenting a database table, comprising:
- displaying the database table, the database table comprising a plurality of fields arranged into rows and columns;
- receiving user input selecting a field in the database table;
- receiving user input specifying a non-database file stored outside the database table to attach to the selected field;
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- attaching the specified non-database file to the selected field.
A computer memory whose contents cause a computing system to augment a database table by:
- displaying the database table, the database table comprising a plurality of fields arranged into rows and columns;
- receiving user input selecting a field in the database table;
- receiving user input specifying a non-database object stored outside the database table to attach to the selected field;
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- attaching the specified non-database object to the selected field.
A computing system for augmenting a database table, comprising:
- a display device that displays the database table, the database table comprising a plurality of fields arranged into rows and columns;
- a user input subsystem that receives input selecting a field in the database table, and receives input specifying a non-database file stored outside the database table to attach to the selected field;
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- an attachment subsystem that attaches the specified non-database file to the selected field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.