Database server, information management method, information management program, and recording medium recording the information management program
First Claim
1. A database server accessible to/from a client via a network, comprising:
- reception and transmission means for sending/receiving data to/from the client;
data storage means having a client data storage region which stores client data corresponding to the client;
client data management means for managing the client data;
information collection condition set means for setting, when the client data is modified, an information collection condition for specifying such information data as to be required by the client in future based on the modification; and
information data creation means for creating the information data by a search performed according to the information collection condition.
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Abstract
A database server 1 accessible to/from a client 9 via a network includes a reception and transmission portion 8 which sends/receives data to/from the clients 9, a data storage portion 2 having a client data storage region 3 which stores client data corresponding to the client 9, a data management portion 5 which manages the client data, an information collection condition set portion 6 which, when the client data is modified, sets an information collection condition for specifying such information data as to be required by the client 9 in the future based on the modification, and an information creation portion 7 which creates the information data by a search according to the information collection condition.
Accordingly, the database server 1 allows the client 9 to access information at high speed while reducing a user'"'"'s operation load and a client 9'"'"'s communication load.
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18 Claims
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1. A database server accessible to/from a client via a network, comprising:
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reception and transmission means for sending/receiving data to/from the client;
data storage means having a client data storage region which stores client data corresponding to the client;
client data management means for managing the client data;
information collection condition set means for setting, when the client data is modified, an information collection condition for specifying such information data as to be required by the client in future based on the modification; and
information data creation means for creating the information data by a search performed according to the information collection condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17)
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12. The database server set forth in Claim l, wherein:
the client data management means modifies the client data based on an instruction given from a different server capable of accessing the network.
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15. A database server accessible to/from a client via a network, comprising:
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reception and transmission means for sending/receiving data to/from the client;
data storage means having a client data storage region which stores client data corresponding to the client;
information collection condition set means for detecting a data modification in the client data storage region and setting an information collection condition for specifying such information data as to be required by the client in future based on results of the detection; and
information data creation means for creating the information data by a search performed according to the information collection condition.
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16. A server-executable information management program, comprising the steps of:
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detecting a modification in such client data corresponding to each client that is under management of the server;
setting an information collection condition for specifying such information data as to be required by the client in future based on the modification; and
creating the information data by a search performed according to the information collection condition.
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18. An information management method which allows a server to manage information corresponding to each client, comprising the steps of:
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detecting a data modification in a client data storage region, the client data corresponding to each client;
setting an information collection condition for specifying such information data as to be required by the client in future based on the data modification thus detected; and
creating the information data by a search performed according to the information collection condition thus set.
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