Database view utility implemented through database records
First Claim
1. A method for implementing a database view utility through database records, comprising the steps of:
- providing a database for maintaining records;
including a record in the database incorporating a data item;
receiving user commands defining a view for displaying the data item;
storing one or more records in the database defining the view;
referencing the records defining the view with the record incorporating the data item; and
in response to a subsequent user command selecting the data item, processing the database records to display the view in association with the data item.
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Abstract
A method and system for implementing effects through database records. During an uninterrupted user session, the host system provides a database for maintaining records and a utility for receiving user commands defining views and effects associated with data items. The host system then receives user commands creating a record incorporating a data item into a field of the record, and defining a view for displaying the data item. The host system also receives user commands creating records defining an effect for implementation in association with the view. The host system stores the records in the database in a manner that reference the records defining the view and the records defining the effect with the record incorporating the data item. The host system then processes the database records to display the view and implement the effect in association with the view.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for implementing a database view utility through database records, comprising the steps of:
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providing a database for maintaining records;
including a record in the database incorporating a data item;
receiving user commands defining a view for displaying the data item;
storing one or more records in the database defining the view;
referencing the records defining the view with the record incorporating the data item; and
in response to a subsequent user command selecting the data item, processing the database records to display the view in association with the data item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method creating and controlling effects associated with database views through database records, comprising the steps of:
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providing a database for maintaining records;
receiving user commands defining a view for a data item incorporated into a record in the database;
creating a top-level record corresponding to the data item comprising a list of associated records;
creating a sub-assembly record corresponding to records identified in the list, each sub-assembly record further defining an aspect of the view of the data item;
receiving user commands defining an effect to be implemented in association with the view;
creating database records ultimately referenced to the top-level record defining the effect;
storing the database records defining the effect; and
in response to a subsequent user command selecting the view, processing the database records to render the view and implement the effect in association with the view. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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