Updating configuration specifications in a historical database

• US 20060259466A1
• Filed: 05/10/2005
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Original Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Inventors: Bilotti, David
• Application Number:
  US11/126,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20060259466A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2372 Updates performed during offline database operations

Abstract

A data management system (102) has a memory (102B-C), and a processor (102A) coupled thereto. The processor is programmed to process (202) a change list comprising a search string and one or more items to be updated in a historical database configuration specification, search (204-210) for the historical database configuration specification according to the search string, and update (212) the historical database configuration specification according to the change list.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium, the storage medium comprising computer instructions for:

processing a change list comprising a search string and one or more items to be updated in a historical database configuration specification;

searching for the historical database configuration specification according to the search string; and

updating the historical database configuration specification according to the change list.

2. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the search string comprises a calendar range and a calendar progression update, and wherein the storage medium further comprises computer instructions for:

searching the historical database configuration specification according to the calendar range; and

updating the historical database configuration specification according to the calendar progression update.

3. The storage medium of claim 2, further comprising computer instructions for updating the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more items to be updated.

4. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the search string comprises one or more wildcard search terms, and wherein the storage medium further comprises computer instructions for:

searching the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more wildcard search terms; and

updating the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more items to be updated.

5. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the search string comprises a range of one or more search terms, and wherein the storage medium further comprises computer instructions for:

searching the historical database configuration specification according to the range of one or more search terms; and

updating the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more items to be updated.

6. The storage medium of claim 1, further comprising computer instructions for:

extracting information from an on-line database according to the updated historical database configuration specification; and

recording the extracted information in a historical database.

7. The storage medium of claim 6, further comprising computer instructions for generating one or more reports from the extracted information recorded in the historical database.

8. A data management system, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is programmed to;

process a change list comprising a search string and one or more items to be updated in a historical database configuration specification;

search for the historical database configuration specification according to the search string; and

update the historical database configuration specification according to the change list.

9. The data management system of claim 8, wherein the search string comprises a calendar range and a calendar progression update, and wherein the processor is programmed to:

search the historical database configuration specification according to the calendar range; and

update the historical database configuration specification according to the calendar progression update.

10. The data management system of claim 9, wherein the processor is further programmed to update the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more items to be updated.

11. The data management system of claim 8, wherein the search string comprises one or more wildcard search terms, and wherein the processor is programmed to:

search the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more wildcard search terms; and

update the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more items to be updated.

12. The data management system of claim 8, wherein the search string comprises a range of one or more search terms, and wherein the processor is programmed to:

search the historical database configuration specification according to the range of one or more search terms; and

update the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more items to be updated.

13. The data management system of claim 8, wherein the processor is programmed to:

extract information from an on-line database according to the updated historical database configuration specification; and

record the extracted information in a historical database.

14. The data management system of claim 13, wherein the processor is programmed to generating one or more reports from the extracted information recorded in the historical database.

15. A method in a data management system, comprising the steps of:

processing a change list comprising a search string and one or more items to be updated in a historical database configuration specification;

searching for the historical database configuration specification according to the search string; and

updating the historical database configuration specification according to the change list.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the search string comprises a calendar range and a calendar progression update, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:

searching the historical database configuration specification according to the calendar range; and

updating the historical database configuration specification according to the calendar progression update.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of updating the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more items to be updated.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the search string comprises one or more wildcard search terms, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:

searching the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more wildcard search terms; and

updating the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more items to be updated.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the search string comprises a range of one or more search terms, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:

searching the historical database configuration specification according to the range of one or more search terms; and

updating the historical database configuration specification according to the one or more items to be updated.

20. The method of claim 16, comprising the steps of:

extracting information from an on-line database according to the updated historical database configuration specification; and

recording the extracted information in a historical database.