US 7,461,072 B2Granted

Method of data block aggregation

AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited

InventorsSami Santeri Jokela, Lucian P. Hughes

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Abstract

Techniques for providing blocks of data to a remote computer system for insertion into a computer-generated document residing on the remote computer system. The techniques include identifying, in the central network-accessible computer system, a plurality of blocks of data, a source for obtaining current data for each of the blocks of data, and an identifier that uniquely identifies each of the blocks of data. In response to a request from the remote computer system received by the central network-accessible computer system for current data for a specified one of the plurality of blocks of data, the central network-accessible computer system transmits the requested current data for the block of data from the central network-accessible computer system to the remote computer system for insertion into a computer-generated document residing on the remote computer system.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method for accessing subscription services of a data block aggregator, comprising:

subscribing for services of a data block aggregator to provide updated data blocks upon request, the aggregator comprising a central network-accessible computer system that includes a database of data blocks, and the aggregator comprising software code that when executed causes the collection of updated versions of the data blocks from a plurality of external data sources;
and
initiating a request from a remote computer system to the aggregator for an updated data block within the database of data blocks, the request being initiated from a computer application displayed on the remote computer system, and the request including one or more input parameters used by the aggregator to identify the requested data block;
receiving the requested data block from the aggregator;
and
inserting the requested data block into the computer application for display on the remote computer system,
wherein the request to the aggregator is initiated from within a computer generated document residing on the remote computer system, further comprising inserting the data block at a user-selectable location in the computer generated document such that the data block is displayed on the remote computer system.

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Facts

Application: 11/619,649Filed 4 Jan 2007 · continuation
Priority: 30 May 2001
Published: US 2007/0112873 A117 May 2007
Granted: 2 Dec 2008
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 16/24568
Query execution: data stream processing; Continuous queries
G06F 16/2471
Special types of queries, e.g. statistical queries, fuzzy queries or distributed queries: distributed queries
Y10S 707/99934
Query processing, i.e. searching: query formulation, input preparation, or translation
Y10S 707/99942
Database schema or data structure: manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation

Family

Application60/294,436Us provisional application · filed 30 May 2001
Application10/156,973Parent of this continuation · filed 29 May 2002
US 2007/0112873 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 May 2007
US 7,177,870 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2002/0184247 A1Published application
US 7,461,072 B2This patent

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