Table for storing parameterized product/services information using variable field columns
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1. A computer system that stores descriptions of multiple different types of information as a collection of parameter-value pairs, comprising:
- a values table that stores values of items of information,wherein a data type column of the values table comprises a first value identifying a first type of data and a second value identifying a second type of data different from the first type of data, such that the values table comprises different data types for cells in the same column and in different rows, andwherein the values tables further comprises a pointer to a format designation;
a first class key that maps columns in a first row of the values table to a first set of parameters, and a second class key that maps columns in a second row of the values table to a second set of parameters different from the first set of parameters; and
a user interface that allows a user to store and retrieve the first value of the first type of data in the column of the values table utilizing the first class key to map the first value with a first parameter of the first set of parameters, and the second value of the second type of data in the column of the values table utilizing the second class key to map the second value with a second parameter of the second set of parameters,wherein values for the first set of parameters correspond to the first value, andwherein values for the second set of parameters correspond to the second value.
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Computer implemented systems store descriptions of multiple different types of marketplace items as a collection of parameter-value pairs, using a table having a plurality of rows and columns, wherein values for at least two of the items are stored in cells of first and second ones of the rows, respectively; keys that provide information that can be used to decipher differential mappings of a plurality of the columns to a plurality of parameters in different ones of the rows; and one or more interfaces that collectively display previously stored parameters and values to a human end-user.
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1. A computer system that stores descriptions of multiple different types of information as a collection of parameter-value pairs, comprising:
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a values table that stores values of items of information, wherein a data type column of the values table comprises a first value identifying a first type of data and a second value identifying a second type of data different from the first type of data, such that the values table comprises different data types for cells in the same column and in different rows, and wherein the values tables further comprises a pointer to a format designation; a first class key that maps columns in a first row of the values table to a first set of parameters, and a second class key that maps columns in a second row of the values table to a second set of parameters different from the first set of parameters; and a user interface that allows a user to store and retrieve the first value of the first type of data in the column of the values table utilizing the first class key to map the first value with a first parameter of the first set of parameters, and the second value of the second type of data in the column of the values table utilizing the second class key to map the second value with a second parameter of the second set of parameters, wherein values for the first set of parameters correspond to the first value, and wherein values for the second set of parameters correspond to the second value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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