US 7,584,210 B2 · Method and apparatus for creation and maintenance of database structure

Abstract

The invention provides a method for configuring a database system to store information regarding a plurality of items, the method comprising: establishing a database on a computer system; establishing within the database a first object corresponding to a first item of the plurality of items; generating within the first object at least one field; associating a field identifier with each the field; and storing at least a portion of the information within each the field; the database system configured to store information regarding a plurality of items, each item in the plurality of items having at least one item attribute, the database system comprising a computer having memory, a database stored in said memory, a first object in said database corresponding to one item of the plurality of items, said first object corresponding to the first item, at least one field in said first object, a field identifier associated with each said field, and information regarding said first item stored in said first object.

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Dependent claims

A method for configuring a database system to store information regarding a plurality of items for purchase in electronic commerce, said method comprising:

establishing a database on a computer system;
establishing within said database a first product object corresponding to a first item of the plurality of items;
generating within said first product object a plurality of product object fields;
associating a product object field identifier with each product object field of said plurality of product object fields;
capturing information related to a second item;
determining, based on querying said database, whether said information related to said second item corresponds said first product object;
responsive to determining that said information related to said second item corresponds to said first product object, creating, in said database, a vendor object corresponding to said information related to said second item;
establishing within said vendor object a plurality of vendor object fields;
and
associating said vendor object with said first product object, said database configured, in response to a change to at least one field of said plurality of product object fields of said first product object, to update said vendor object.

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Method and apparatus for creation and maintenance of database structure

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