Content store with inheritance

• US 20020120596A1
• Filed: 02/24/2001
• Published: 08/29/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matthew Gershoff, Nathaniel Weiss
• Original Assignee: Matthew Gershoff, Nathaniel Weiss
• Inventors: Gershoff, Matthew, Weiss, Nathaniel
• Application Number:
  US09/681,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20020120596A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/288 Entity relationship models
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70

Abstract

A method of managing a plurality of related publications including the steps of establishing a plurality of relational database tables further including: at least one parent manual table; at least one content table in relational connection with the parent manual table; at least one procedure table in relational connection with the one parent manual table; at least one child manual table in inheritable relation to the parent manual table and spawning a plurality of child manual tables, all inheriting content and procedures from the parent manual table.

Claims

1. A method of managing a plurality of related publications comprising:

establishing a set of media content pieces;

arranging a sub-set of media content pieces into a procedure;

aggregating at least one procedure into a parent manual; and

spawning at least one child manual inheriting the at least one procedure of the parent manual.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing at least one modification to the parent manual; and

descending the at least one modification to the child manual wherein changes to the parent manual are inherited by the at least one child manual.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein changes to the parent manual are not inherited by the at least one child manual.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

establishing a first selection of media content;

establishing a second selection of media content;

establishing a zone related to the first selection; and

linking the zone to the second selection.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

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establishing a first selection of media content;

establishing a zone related to the first selection and

linking the zone to a procedure.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

establishing an array of predefined formatting instructions and

associating the array of predefined formatting instructions with a procedure.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

establishing an array of predefined formatting instructions and

associating the array of predefined formatting instructions with a manual.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

establishing an array of predefined skill levels and

associating the array of predefined skill levels with a procedure.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

establishing an array of predefined skill levels and

associating the array of predefined skill levels with a manual.

10. A method of managing a plurality of related publications comprising:

establishing a set of media content pieces;

arranging a sub-set of media content pieces into a procedure;

aggregating at least one procedure into a parent manual;

spawning at least one child manual inheriting the at least one procedure of the parent manual;

storing at least one modification to the parent manual; and

descending the at least one modification to the child manual wherein changes to the parent manual are inherited by the at least one child manual.

11. A method of managing a plurality of related publications comprising:

establishing a plurality of relational database tables comprising;

at least one parent manual table;

at least one content table in relational connection with the at least one parent manual table;

at least one procedure table in relational connection with the at least one parent manual table;

at least one child manual table in inheritable relation to the at least one parent manual table;

spawning a plurality of the at least one child manual table inheriting content and procedures from the at least one parent manual table.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising including at least one format table in relational connection with the at least one parent manual table.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising including at least one role table in relational connection with the at least one parent manual table.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising including at least one zone table in relational connection with the at least one parent manual table.