Interactive, menu-driven interface to database

• US 20070255726A1
• Filed: 07/10/2007
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Iyer, Gopal
• Application Number:
  US11/827,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20070255726A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/968 interface for database querying and retrieval

Abstract

An interactive, menu-driven interface to a cellular site information database is disclosed. The user may enter a form name such as channel, cell, trkgrp, trkmem, etc. into a form selection screen. The user may enter the operation desired to be performed on the form such as review, delete, insert, update, etc. to choose which form to view. After the user has entered the form name and the operation desired into the interface, the entered form is displayed to the user. A query, such as a SQL query, is issued to populate the fields of the form displayed on the interface with data from the database. The user may select one or more of the fields in the form and make revisions, addition, edits, etc. The user may then select the action command such as insert, review, update or delete. Commands, such as SQL commands, are generated to perform the action desired by the user on the database.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing an interactive, menu-driven interface to a cellular site information database comprising cell site data, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a form name input wherein the form name input identifies a plurality of data in the cellular site information database;

receiving a key field identifying a cellular site;

generating a plurality of queries to retrieve the plurality of data corresponding to the identified cell site from the cellular site information database;

sending the plurality of queries to the cellular site information database;

receiving the plurality of data corresponding to the identified cell site from the cellular site information database; and

displaying the plurality of data corresponding to the identified cell site from the cellular site information database.

2-20. -20. (canceled)