Method and apparatus for binary-oriented set sequencing

• US 20060064433A1
• Filed: 11/07/2005
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1994
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: UFIL Unified Data Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: UFIL Unified Data Technologies Limited
• Inventors: Ahmadi, Babak
• Application Number:
  US11/269,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20060064433A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99944 Object-oriented database structure

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and apparatus for information organization, wherein atomic information can be both static and dynamic, but the compound information (e.g., associations, groupings, sets, etc.) of such atoms always remain dynamic. Unless otherwise directed, a compound information entity is always dynamically determined and generated. This determination is based on the processing of a defined condition, wherein all atoms qualifying the condition are included in the compound. This dynamic determination eliminates the need to “update” the compound, when atoms and/or compounds common to two or more compounds are changed. Further, each information compound can be dynamically generated based on an existing definition for that compound.

Claims

1. A computer program product readable by a computing system and encoding instructions for performing a method for maintaining data within a network environment, the method comprising:

providing a data element having a subject, an attribute and a bond, wherein the bond defines a relationship between the subject and the attribute; and

providing at least one computer process within the network environment with access to the data element for purposes of categorizing the data element within one or more sets of data elements maintained in the network environment.

2. A computer program product as defined in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving access to the data element by the computer process during which the computer process applies a condition to the data element and, if the data element satisfies the condition, categorizes the data element within a first set of data elements.

3. A computer program product as defined in claim 2, wherein the first set of data elements is dynamically generated by the computer process to include all data elements within the network environment that satisfy the condition.

4. A computer program product as defined in claim 2, wherein the condition is applied against the subject of the data element during the received access by the computer process.

5. A computer program product as defined in claim 2, wherein the condition is applied against the attribute of the data element during the received access by the computer process.

6. A computer program product as defined in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

accessing the data element;

applying a condition to the data element to determine whether the data element satisfies the condition; and

if the data element satisfies the condition, categorizing the data element within a first set of data elements, wherein each data element in the first set of data elements satisfies the condition and has a subject, an attribute and a bond defining a relationship between the attribute and the subject.

7. A computer program product as defined in claim 6, wherein the applying act comprises:

determining whether the subject of the data element satisfies the condition, wherein each data element in the first set of data elements comprises a subject that satisfies the condition.

8. A computer program product as defined in claim 6, wherein the applying act comprises:

determining whether the attribute of the data element satisfies the condition, wherein each data element in the first set of data elements comprises an attribute that satisfies the condition.

9. A computer program product as defined in claim 6, wherein the categorizing act comprises:

dynamically generating the first set of data elements to represent each of the plurality of data elements maintained in the network environment that satisfy the condition.

10. A computer program product as defined in claim 1, wherein the computer process is adapted for use in processing data elements formatted to include a subject, an attribute and a bond defining a relationship between the subject and the attribute.

11. A computer program product readable by a computing system and encoding instructions for performing a method for maintaining data within a network environment, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of data elements, wherein each data element has a subject, an attribute and a bond that defines a relationship between the subject and the attribute; and

providing one or more computer processes within the network environment with access to the plurality of data elements for purposes of categorizing each of the plurality of data elements within one or more information sets.

12. A computer program product as defined in claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving access to the plurality of data element by a first computer process during which the first computer process applies a condition to the data elements and categorizes the data elements that satisfy the condition within a first information set.

13. A computer program product as defined in claim 12, wherein at least two of the plurality of data elements are categorized by the first computer process to be within the first information set.

14. A computer program product as defined in claim 12, wherein the condition is applied against the subject of each of the plurality of data elements during the received access by the first computer process.

15. A computer program product as defined in claim 12, wherein the condition is applied against the attribute of each of the plurality of data elements during the received access by the first computer process.

16. A computer program product as defined in claim 11, wherein the bond is associated with a body of executable code.

17. A computer program product as defined in claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

accessing the plurality of data elements;

applying a condition to the plurality of data elements to identify the data elements within the plurality of data elements that satisfy the condition; and

dynamically generating a first information set to represent each of the plurality of data elements that satisfy the condition.

18. A computer program product as defined in claim 17, wherein the applying act comprises:

evaluating the subject of each of the plurality of data elements against the condition.

19. A computer program product as defined in claim 17, wherein the applying act comprises:

evaluating the attribute of each of the plurality of data elements against the condition.

20. A computer program product readable by a computing system and encoding instructions for performing a method related to the organization of data within a network environment, the method comprising:

creating a data element according to a predetermined format adapted for processing by at least one computer process in the network environment, wherein the predetermined format specifies the data element to include a first data item, a second data item and a third data item that defines a relationship between the first data item and the second data item; and

maintaining the data element in the predetermined format such that the computer process is capable of accessing the data element for purposes of categorizing the data element within one or more sets of data elements maintained in the network environment.

21. A computer program product as defined in claim 20, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving access to the data element by the computer process, wherein maintenance of the data element in the predetermined format enables the computer process to apply a condition to the data element and, if the data element satisfies the condition, categorize the data element within a first set of data elements.

22. A computer program product as defined in claim 21, wherein the first set of data elements is dynamically generated by the computer process to include all data elements within the network environment that satisfy the condition.

23. A computer program product as defined in claim 20, wherein the first data item comprises a subject, the second data item comprises an attribute and the third data item comprises a bond defining the relationship between the subject and the attribute.

24. A computer program product readable by a computing system and encoding instructions for performing a method related to the organization of data within a network environment, the method comprising:

creating a data element according to a predetermined format adapted for processing by at least one computer process in the network environment for purposes of categorizing the data element within an information set that represents all data elements in the network environment formatted in the predetermined format that satisfy a specified condition, wherein the predetermined format specifies the data element to include a first data item, a second data item and a third data item defining a relationship between the first data item and the second data item; and

maintaining the data element in the predetermined format such that the computer process is capable of accessing the data element and applying the specified condition thereto.

25. A computer program product as defined in claim 24, wherein the information set is dynamically generated by the computer process to include data elements within the network environment that satisfy the condition.

26. A computer program product as defined in claim 25, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving access to the data element by the computer process, wherein maintenance of the data element in the predetermined format enables the computer process to apply the specified condition to the data element and, if the data element satisfies the specified condition, categorize the data element within the dynamically generated information set.

27. A computer program product as defined in claim 24, wherein the first data item comprises a subject, the second data item comprises an attribute and the third data item comprises a bond defining the relationship between the subject and the attribute.