Component design by tables within tables
First Claim
1. In a data processing system having a user terminal which builds a component for accessing a data base management system responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publically accessible digital data communication network, the improvement comprising:
- a data wizard which permits said component to be defined as a series of tables.
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Abstract
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to interface with an existing proprietary data base management system by building a component which accesses said proprietary data base management system. A central process provides a listing of tables or steps to a use at the Internet terminal. The user selects an ordered subset of the list which defines the desired component. The component design is stored as this ordered subset. The design may be subsequently converted to script, as convenient, for run-time execution.
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20 Claims
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1. In a data processing system having a user terminal which builds a component for accessing a data base management system responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publically accessible digital data communication network, the improvement comprising:
a data wizard which permits said component to be defined as a series of tables. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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a. a user terminal;
b. a data base management system responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publically accessible digital data communication network; and
c. a data wizard responsively coupled to said user terminal and said data base management system from which a component for accessing said data base management system is designed wherein said design is expressed as a series of tables. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of dynamically building a component from a user terminal coupled via a publically accessible digital data network to a remote data base management system having a data base comprising:
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a. presenting a central process having a list of tables;
b. selecting an ordered subset of said list of tables; and
c. storing said ordered subset. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a. means for permitting a user to access a publically accessible digital data communication network;
b. means responsively coupled to said permitting means via said publically accessible digital data communication network for providing data base management services; and
c. means responsively coupled to said permitting means and said responding means for designing a component by means of a plurality of interrelated tables. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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