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Information system and process for storing data therein
Assignee: Genesys Software Entwicklungs und Produktions GmbH
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Filing: 1996-09-12
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Granted: 2001-03-27
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Expires: 2016-09-12
Abstract
Abstract In a process for storing data from a database in a store of an information system, wherein access to the database is possible via a program running in an EDP system, the structure of the data stored in the database is built up by the following process steps: storing a plurality of objects representing images of concrete or abstract objects in a first store region; storing a plurality of relations between the objects in a second store region; storing a plurality of characteristics for describing the objects and the relations between them in a third and fourth store region; storing a plurality of connections between the objects and the characteristics in a fifth store region; and storing a plurality of connections between the relations and the characteristics in a sixth store region, where the six regions represent physically or logically bounded store regions. The invention also relates to the corresponding data structure and an information system.
Inventors
- 👤 Annette Brückner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 15:52
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/20; G06F16/28; G06F16/284; G06F16/288; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
395 words
A process for creating a structure of stored data, said process being implemented in a database for storing data within a storage of an information system, wherein said database is accessed via a program running on a DP system, said process comprising: creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of objects that are images of at least one of specific items or abstract items, wherein each of said objects is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least a type and an identifier of said object; creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between said objects, wherein each of said relationships between objects is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, and a reference to, the storage area of said objects; creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of attributes used to describe at least one of said objects and said relationships between said objects, wherein each of said attributes is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of a definition of said attribute and a reference term for said attribute; creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between respective ones of said attributes and respective ones of said objects, wherein each of said relationships between a respective one of said attributes and a respective one of said objects is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, and a reference to, the storage area of said respective attribute and said respective object; creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between respective ones of said attributes and said relationships between said objects, each of said relationships between a respective one of said attributes and a respective one of said relationships between said is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, or reference to, the storage area of said respective attribute and the identity of, or reference to, the storage area of said respective relationship between said objects; wherein each of said storage areas is a physically or logically separated storage area including a sequence of equally structured elements that is each respectively referenced by at least one of a single or composed key-component or identifier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
395 words
A process for creating a structure of stored data, said process being implemented in a database for storing data within a storage of an information system, wherein said database is accessed via a program running on a DP system, said process comprising: creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of objects that are images of at least one of specific items or abstract items, wherein each of said objects is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least a type and an identifier of said object; creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between said objects, wherein each of said relationships between objects is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, and a reference to, the storage area of said objects; creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of attributes used to describe at least one of said objects and said relationships between said objects, wherein each of said attributes is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of a definition of said attribute and a reference term for said attribute; creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between respective ones of said attributes and respective ones of said objects, wherein each of said relationships between a respective one of said attributes and a respective one of said objects is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, and a reference to, the storage area of said respective attribute and said respective object; creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between respective ones of said attributes and said relationships between said objects, each of said relationships between a respective one of said attributes and a respective one of said relationships between said is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, or reference to, the storage area of said respective attribute and the identity of, or reference to, the storage area of said respective relationship between said objects; wherein each of said storage areas is a physically or logically separated storage area including a sequence of equally structured elements that is each respectively referenced by at least one of a single or composed key-component or identifier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
204 words
A process according to claim 1 , further comprising: creating an additional common storage area for storing a plurality of unstructured data segments that include character sequences, graphical data, audio data, video data, or direct or indirect references to a storage location where a respective one of said data segments is physically stored; and creating at least one additional common storage area for at least one of storing relationships between said data segments and said objects and storing relationships between said data segments and respective ones of said relationships between said objects, wherein each of said relationships stored in said at least one additional common storage area is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of a storage area of said object and a reference to said relationship between said objects respectively, and further indicate at least one of the identity of, or reference to, a storage area of a related one of said data segments; wherein each of said additional common storage areas is a physically or logically separated storage area including a sequence of equally structured elements that are each respectively referenced by at least one of a single or composed key-component or identifier.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
A process according to claim 1 , wherein, with regards to creating said common storage area for storing a plurality of attributes to describe at least one of said objects and relationships between said objects, the element for each of said attributes includes additional components for the term of said attribute in textual, numerical, graphical, audio or video representation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
87 words
A process according to claim 1 , further comprising: creating additional common storage areas for storing thesaurus information including definitions of the types of said objects, definitions of said attributes, reference terms for said attribute and identifiers of said relationships between said objects; wherein each of said additional common storage areas for storing thesaurus information is a physically or logically separated storage area including a sequence of equally structured elements that are each respectively referenced by at least one of a single or composed key-component or identifier.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process according to claim 4 , wherein the elements of each of said additional common storage areas for storing thesaurus information further include additional components representing said thesaurus information in at least one of different languages and representations.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
181 words
A process according to claim 1 , further comprising: classifying a group of the types of said objects, according to equal criteria, into respective classes of objects; creating a separate data structure including at least a storage area for objects for each of said classes of objects; creating a common storage area for storing a plurality of relationships between objects of a first class of objects and a second class of objects, wherein each of said relationships between one of said objects of said first and second classes of objects, respectively, is represented by an element that includes components that indicate at least one of the identity of, and reference to, a storage area of the respective objects in said first and second classes of objects; wherein each of said common storage areas for storing a plurality of relationships between objects of said first and second classes of objects is a physically or logically separated storage area including a sequence of equally structured elements that are each respectively referenced by at least one of a single or composed key-component or identifier.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process according to any of claims 1 , 2 , 4 and 6 , wherein each of said elements stored in each of said storage areas is extended by additional, equally structured components.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to any of claims 1 , 2 , 4 and 6 , wherein each of said storage areas is a physically or logically separated storage area.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process according to any of claims 1 , 2 , 4 and 6 , wherein each of said storage areas includes tables of a relational database.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to any of claims 1 , 2 , 4 and 6 , wherein said data structure of said database is accessed via a program executed on an EDP system.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
A process according to any of claims 1 , 2 , 4 and 6 , wherein said data structure of said database is used for at least one of input, storage, processing, evaluation, representation and output of at least one of said one or more objects, said attributes of said objects, said relationships and said data segments.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to any of claims 1 , 2 , 4 and 6 , wherein a program is executed to access said storage system.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to any of claims 1 , 2 , 4 and 6 , wherein a program is executed running on an EDP system to access said stored data.
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