Interactive database systems and methods for environments with high concentrations of mobile users
First Claim
1. A database system for use in a high user concentration environment, the database system comprising:
- a central database containing content relating to associated users; and
software configured for loading onto associated portable computers carried by the users, the software when executed on one of the associated portable computers performing a method including;
(i) downloading from the central database a selected sub-set of the content before the associated portable computer enters the high user concentration environment, (ii) generating modifications or additions to the downloaded sub-set of the content, and (iii) at least while the associated portable computer is within the high user concentration environment, occasionally wirelessly connecting with the central database to upload at least some of the generated modifications or additions to the central database and to download other modifications or additions to the selected sub-set of content.
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Abstract
A database system usable in a high user concentration environment includes a central database containing content relating to associated users. Software is configured for loading onto associated portable computers carried by the users. The software when executed on one of the associated portable computers performs a method including: (i) downloading from the central database a selected sub-set of the content before the associated portable computer enters the high user concentration environment; (ii) generating modifications or additions to the downloaded sub-set of the content; and (iii) at least while the associated portable computer is within the high user concentration environment, occasionally wirelessly connecting with the central database to upload at least some of the generated modifications or additions to the central database and to download other modifications or additions to the selected sub-set of content.
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19 Claims
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1. A database system for use in a high user concentration environment, the database system comprising:
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a central database containing content relating to associated users; and
software configured for loading onto associated portable computers carried by the users, the software when executed on one of the associated portable computers performing a method including;
(i) downloading from the central database a selected sub-set of the content before the associated portable computer enters the high user concentration environment, (ii) generating modifications or additions to the downloaded sub-set of the content, and (iii) at least while the associated portable computer is within the high user concentration environment, occasionally wirelessly connecting with the central database to upload at least some of the generated modifications or additions to the central database and to download other modifications or additions to the selected sub-set of content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A database management method for use in a high user concentration environment, the method comprising:
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prior to entering the high user concentration environment, downloading a selected sub-set of content of a central database to a portable computer;
generating modifications or additions to the downloaded sub-set of the content at the portable computer; and
at least while the portable computer is within the high user concentration environment, occasionally wirelessly connecting the portable computer with the central database to upload at least some of the generated modifications or additions to the central database and to download other modifications or additions to the selected sub-set of content from the central database to the portable computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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- 16. A storage medium storing software configured for loading onto associated portable computers, an instance of the software executing on one of the associated portable computers performing a database method including (i) downloading from an associated central database containing content relating to the associated users a selected sub-set of the content, (ii) generating modifications or additions to the downloaded sub-set of the content, and (iii) at least while the associated portable computer is within a high user concentration environment, occasionally wirelessly connecting with the associated central database to upload at least some of the generated modifications or additions to the associated central database and to download other modifications or additions to the selected sub-set of content.
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