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US 8,572,041 B2Granted
Representing records
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorVijay V. Sarashetti
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Abstract
A method for representing records includes, assigning a unique identifier to a record stored at a record collection site, entering the unique identifier in a hierarchical tree structure, and sending the hierarchical tree structure to a central storage site.
Claims37
A computer implemented method for representing records, the method comprising:
- receiving an order for a transaction at a record collection site;
- producing a record that represents the transaction at the record collection site;
- storing the record in a memory location in a computer readable storage medium at the record collection site;
- assigning a unique identifier to the record stored at the record collection site;
- entering the unique identifier in a hierarchical tree structure stored in a computer readable storage medium at the record collection site, wherein the unique identifier comprises information for accessing the record in the memory location, and wherein the tree structure comprises a plurality of branches connected by nodes;
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- sending the hierarchical tree structure to a central storage site that is separate from the record collection site;
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- receiving requests from the central storage cite to access records at the record collection site in accordance with the hierarchical tree structure sent to the central storage site.
6 more elements
A computer program product, recorded in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium;
- comprising logic instructions which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to:
- collect orders for a plurality of transactions at a record collection site;
- produce a record for each of the transactions at the record collection site;
- store the records in a memory location at the record collection site;
- assign a unique identifier to each of said records stored at the record collection site;
- enter the unique identifiers in a hierarchical tree structure stored at the record collection site, wherein each unique identifier comprises information for accessing a corresponding record in the memory location, and wherein the tree structure comprises a plurality of branches connected by nodes;
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- send an aggregate report of record type counts at the record collection site based on the unique identifiers in the hierarchical tree structure, the aggregate report being sent to a central storage site that is separate from the record collection site.
5 more elements
A computer implemented method for representing records, the method comprising:
- receiving an order for a transaction at a record collection site;
- producing a record that represents the transaction at the record collection site;
- storing the record in a computer readable storage medium in a memory location at the record collection site;
- assigning a unique identifier to the record stored at the record collection site;
- entering the unique identifier in a hierarchical tree structure stored in a computer readable storage medium at the record collection site, wherein the unique identifier comprises information for accessing the record in the memory location, and wherein the tree structure comprises a plurality of branches connected by nodes;
- sending the hierarchical tree structure to a central storage site that is separate from the record collection site;
- receiving requests from the central storage cite to access records at the record collection site in accordance with the hierarchical tree structure sent to the central storage site;
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- using the unique identifier to access the record stored at the record collection site.
6 more elements
A computer implemented method for representing records, the method comprising:
- receiving an order for a transaction at a record collection site;
- producing a record that represents the transaction at the record collection site;
- storing the record in a computer readable storage medium in a memory location at the record collection site;
- assigning a unique identifier to the record stored at the record collection site;
- entering the unique identifier in a hierarchical tree structure in a computer readable storage medium at the record collection site, wherein the unique identifier comprises information for accessing the record in the memory location, and wherein the tree structure comprises a plurality of branches connected by nodes;
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- sending the hierarchical tree structure to a central storage site that is separate from the record collection site to enable the central storage site to access the record corresponding to the unique identifier in the hierarchical tree structure.
4 more elements
A system comprising:
- a record collection site that includes a computer system comprising logic instructions recorded on a computer readable storage medium which, when executed on computer system, cause the computer system to assign a unique identifier to a record stored at the record collection site and enter the unique identifier in a hierarchical tree structure;
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- a central storage site remote from the record collection site, the central storage site includes a computer system comprising logic instructions recorded on a computer readable storage medium which, when executed on computer system, cause the computer system to receive the hierarchical tree structure from the record collection site and to selectively access the record being stored in the record collection site using the unique identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.